[f. ZOO- + GEOGRAPHY.] The geographical distribution of animals. Hence Zoogeographer, one versed in zoogeography; Zoogeographical a., pertaining to zoogeography; Zoogeographically adv., in relation to zoogeography.
1875. Encycl. Brit., III. 738/1. It is therefore … the business of the *zoogeographer, who wishes to arrive at the truth, to ascertain what groups of animals are wanting in any particular locality.
1891. Cent. Dict., Zoögeographic.
1868. Proc. Zool. Soc., 317. None of the great *zoogeographical provinces … are sharply defined from one another.
1893. Seebohm, in Geogr. Jrnl., II. 338. The fact is that life areas, or zoo-geographical regions, are more or less fanciful generalisations.
1890. Proc. Zool. Soc., 148. That section of the United States *zoogeographically known as the Sonoran Region. Ibid. (1868), 295. The relations of these subdivisions to *zoogeography.
1896. Naturalist, 80. The inclusion of Irish habitats would have been of value in the study of zoogeography.
