home range

noun

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

Examples of home range in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Seneca Creek attack is not considered related to the Cunningham Falls cases, the DNR stated, citing the distance between the parks as well as the home range and social behavior of beavers. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Last week's incident is not related to the earlier attacks, authorities said, due to the distance between the two parks, the beavers' home ranges and their social behaviors. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

In Toronto, some estimates suggest there could be around one hundred raccoons per square kilometer, meaning their population is about ten times more dense than in their home ranges. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Some barely leave a small home range, while one male traveled roughly 40 miles in six months. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for home range

• interchange
• rearrange
• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• strange