Arctogaea


a biogeographical division comprising the Holarctic and Paleotropical regions.
Historical Examples

Arctogaea as a whole may be characterised by both negative and positive characters.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia Frank Evers Beddard

noun
a zoogeographical area comprising the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions Compare Neogaea, Notogaea

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