: the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities
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Like most large cats, jaguars require huge home ranges (50 to 180 km2 in the Amazon) – and the ability for young jaguars to disperse to new habitats to establish their own home ranges.—Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Panthers typically leave their mothers by age 2 and begin to establish their own home ranges, which can bring them into contact with roads and other development, biologists say.—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 With permission from the City of San Jose and Alum Rock Park rangers, the six sibling foxes were released back to their home range where they were found.—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025 Some are released around the land surrounding the center, while animals with home ranges, such as turtles and skunks, go back to the areas they were found.—Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home range
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