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"etymology_text": "Identified by British zoologist Philip Sclater as one of six general groupings of fauna, based on shared bio-geography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration.\nDerived from paleo- + Arctic in contrast to neo- + Arctic (Nearctic), in reference to the Northern (\"Arctic\") portions of the Old World and the New World respectively.",
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