home range

Noun

Meaning

the area in which an animal normally ranges

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A radio-collar analysis in the Ivory Coast found a female home range completely enclosed within a male's. citation Female live with their cubs in territories that overlap extensively – probably due to the association between mothers and their offspring. Source: Internet

Attempts to relocate bears are typically unsuccessful, as black bears seem to be able to return to their home range even without familiar landscape cues. Source: Internet

An aardvark emerges from its burrow in the late afternoon or shortly after sunset, and forages over a considerable home range encompassing convert. Source: Internet

Black wildebeest herds are often nomadic or may have a regular home range of convert. Source: Internet

Due to the limited number of rats that are studied in home range studies, the estimated sizes of rat home ranges in different rat demographic groups are inconclusive. Source: Internet

Each adult donkey establishes a home range; breeding over a large area may be dominated by one jack. Source: Internet

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