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

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

Individuals will roam across enormous home ranges, all while rarely encountering members of their own species face-to-face. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026

In the wild, skunks generally have a home range no larger than about 2 square miles. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 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