Holarctic

[ ho-lahrk-tik, -ahr-tik, hoh- ]

/ hɒˈlɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr tɪk, hoʊ- /

belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.

Origin of Holarctic

First recorded in 1883; hol(o)- + arctic

In the second place, the line of migration seems to have been outward from the holarctic region.

American Weasels |E. Raymond Hall
So on the whole, this region has not developed so rapidly as the Holarctic.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] |Various
In our part of the Holarctic, that is, the Nearctic, the familiar birds about us do not nest also in the tropical regions.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] |Various
But these distinctions should be and are retained in the divisions of the Holarctic.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] |Various

There are no orders, and there seem to be no families which are found in the Holarctic and nowhere else.

Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901] |Various

Holarctic

/ (həʊˈlɑːktɪk) /

of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions

C19: from holo- + arctic