Neotropical zoogeographic region

Neotropical zoogeographic region

[¦nē·ō′träp·ə·kəl ¦zō·ō‚jē·ə′graf·ik ′rē·jən]

(ecology)

A zoogeographic region that includes Mexico south of the Mexican Plateau, the West Indies, Central America, and South America.

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