noun
zoogeography; animal geography
Academic term for the study of the geographical distribution of animal species.
動物地理学は、動物の分布を研究する分野です。
Zoogeography is the field that studies the distribution of animals.
植物地理 refers to phytogeography or plant geography, the study of plant distribution, while 動物地理 focuses on animals.
Compound of 動物 (animal) and 地理 (geography), a straightforward calque of the Western academic term zoogeography.