neotropical
adjective
neo·trop·i·cal
ˌnē-ō-ˈträ-pi-kəl 
variants
or less commonly neotropic
often capitalized
: of, relating to, or constituting the tropical New World biogeographic region that extends south, east, and west from the central plateau of Mexico
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The researchers estimated that in the neotropical genus Chiton, for example, the eyespots evolved within just 7 million years — a blink of an eye in evolutionary time.
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Quanta Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Bogan and Guzmán recorded the presence of a neotropical bluete in the river stretch near Marana.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
Creatures that have returned to the riverfront include a riparian brush rabbit native to the San Joaquin Valley and the Delta, tiny nesting neotropical songbirds, tri-colored blackbirds, monarch butterflies, the valley elderberry beetle, Swainson’s hawks, spring-run Chinook salmon and sturgeon.
—Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
New research suggests that the Chicxulub asteroid impact that most likely wiped out the dinosaurs also set the stage for modern neotropical rainforests like the Amazon.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2021
But Valentina Ferretti, an evolutionary ecologist at the Institute of Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution in Argentina, noted the study’s sample included relatively few neotropical species.
—Byemiliano Rodríguez Mega, science.org, 8 Feb. 2023
Take a neotropical bird walk: Naturalist John Kolar will lead a morning bird walk from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday (May 21) at Swine Creek Reservation.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 16 May 2022
This marks the first observation of such behavior in peccaries, tamanduas, tayras and neotropical fruit bats, the study authors note.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2022
One report commissioned by the CPRA includes a valuation of the marshland’s neotropical bird population, calculated via the millions of dollars tourists spend to watch their migration.
—Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
Quanta Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Bogan and Guzmán recorded the presence of a neotropical bluete in the river stretch near Marana.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
Creatures that have returned to the riverfront include a riparian brush rabbit native to the San Joaquin Valley and the Delta, tiny nesting neotropical songbirds, tri-colored blackbirds, monarch butterflies, the valley elderberry beetle, Swainson’s hawks, spring-run Chinook salmon and sturgeon.
—Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
New research suggests that the Chicxulub asteroid impact that most likely wiped out the dinosaurs also set the stage for modern neotropical rainforests like the Amazon.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2021
But Valentina Ferretti, an evolutionary ecologist at the Institute of Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution in Argentina, noted the study’s sample included relatively few neotropical species.
—Byemiliano Rodríguez Mega, science.org, 8 Feb. 2023
Take a neotropical bird walk: Naturalist John Kolar will lead a morning bird walk from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday (May 21) at Swine Creek Reservation.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 16 May 2022
This marks the first observation of such behavior in peccaries, tamanduas, tayras and neotropical fruit bats, the study authors note.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2022
One report commissioned by the CPRA includes a valuation of the marshland’s neotropical bird population, calculated via the millions of dollars tourists spend to watch their migration.
—Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
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“Neotropical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neotropical. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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