home range

noun

: the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities

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Jaguars in Sonora, meanwhile, have incredibly large home ranges, and can travel as much as 10 miles a day, Gómez said. Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2025 More research will be required to determine that those giant marsupials, unlike massive foraging mammals, have home ranges tied more to their habitat than their body size. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025 But a new study found coyotes were less inclined to seek out higher-income areas in their home ranges, preferring to stick to less-wealthy parts, surprising researchers. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The challenges Palestinians now face in returning home range from basic needs -- such as access to water, food, electricity, gas and the internet -- to larger-scale systems such as sanitation, health care and education. Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home range

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home range was in 1902

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“Home range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20range. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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