: the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities
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Panthers require home ranges up to 200 square miles, which provide places to eat, rest and raise kittens.—Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025 Female mountain lions tend to establish home ranges that span up to 75 square miles, while males may prowl much larger areas of up to 275 square miles, per the statement.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025 Now, these discounts are as steep as OR’s home range—the picturesque, quad-cramping Cascades—with 60 percent off on hundreds of pieces of gear.—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 June 2025 Thompson said mother bears may expand their range while teaching cubs where to look for food while older, juvenile bears — those between the ages of 18 and 30 months — will leave their mother’s home range and travel in search of a new place to settle down.—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for home range
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