Nearctic
[ nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr- ]
/ niˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr- /
adjective Biogeography.
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
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Nearctic
/ (nɪˈɑːktɪk) /
adjective
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of North America, north of the tropic of Cancer, and Greenland