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extent of occurrence
(english) The area contained within the shortest continuous boundary which encompasses all known, inferred and projected sites of present occurrence of a taxon, excluding cases of vagrancy. This measure may exclude discontinuities or disjunctions within the overall distributions of taxa (e.g., large areas of obviously unsuitable habitat).

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