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home range

noun

, Ecology.
  1. the area in which an animal normally lives.


home range

noun

  1. ecology the area in which an animal normally ranges


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Word History and Origins

Origin of home range1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

A typical home range, therefore, seems to average no more than 75 feet in radius.

The home range of the coyote is rarely ten miles across, except on the margin of mountains where sometimes it is twice this.

An individual may, and usually does, alter its home range over periods of time.

The area within which routine daily movements are confined constitutes the home range, which is variable in size and shape.

The home range is thus somewhat three-dimensional; both trails and feeding places are often above ground.

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