the area within which an animal normally ranges in the course of a day or a season
home range in American English
noun
Ecology
the area in which an animal normally lives
Word origin
[1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, interface, jackpot, rain check, regionalism
Examples of 'home range' in a sentence
home range
He is interested in finding out the home range of tropical shark species.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They must travel huge distances, and have a home range of about 600 sq km.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are never very many of them because they need a vast home range: they love movement, fresh horizons, fresh prey.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Monitoring shows that pandas have taken advantage of the corridors to migrate and expand their home range.
The Sun (2009)
To conserve argali and protect their habitat, the researchers need to understand where the animals graze and the extent of their home range.
2019, 'The Decades-Long Effort to Protect the World's Largest Sheep', Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decades-long-effort-protect-worlds-largest-sheep-180972029/