A generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources. A specialist species can thrive only in a narrow range of env
Generalists such as raccoons can sometimes adapt to urban environments and other areas modified by humans, becoming examples of urban wildlife.
Cosmopolitan distribution
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In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be hig
Generalist and specialist species
…to generalists that allow them to be more efficient at hunting a certain prey item, or able to eat a plant that generalists would be less tolerant of. Cosmopolitan distribution Endemism…
Originally native to the Northern Hemisphere, the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) has gained a cosmopolitan distribution as a result of being introduced to new areas in the Southern Hemisphere.
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