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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[[Latin]], it inhabits, from habitare

[[Latin]], it inhabits, from habitare

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1796]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1796]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : the place or [[environment]] where a plant or [[animal]] naturally or [[normally]] lives and [[grows]]  

*1 a : the place or [[environment]] where a plant or [[animal]] naturally or [[normally]] lives and [[grows]]  

*2 : the place where something is commonly found

*2 : the place where something is commonly found

==Description==

==Description==

A '''habitat''' (which is [[Latin]] for "it inhabits") is an [[ecological]] or [[environmental]] area that is inhabited by a particular [[species]] of [[animal]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plant]  or other type of [[organism]]. It is the [[natural]] environment in which an [[organism]] lives, or the [[physical]] environment that surrounds ([[influences]] and is utilized by) a species population.

A '''habitat''' (which is [[Latin]] for "it inhabits") is an [[ecological]] or [[environmental]] area that is inhabited by a particular [[species]] of [[animal]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plant]  or other type of [[organism]]. It is the [[natural]] environment in which an [[organism]] lives, or the [[physical]] environment that surrounds ([[influences]] and is utilized by) a species population.

The term "population" is preferred to "[[organism]]" because, while it is possible to describe the ''habitat'' of a single black bear, we may not find any particular or [[individual]] bear but the grouping of bears that [[constitute]] a [[Reproduction|breeding]] [[population]] and occupy a certain biogeographical area. Further, this habitat could be somewhat [[different]] from the habitat of another [[group]] or population of black bears living elsewhere. Thus it is neither the [[species]] nor the [[individual]] for which the term habitat is typically used.

The term "population" is preferred to "[[organism]]" because, while it is possible to describe the ''habitat'' of a single black bear, we may not find any particular or [[individual]] bear but the grouping of bears that [[constitute]] a [[Reproduction|breeding]] [[population]] and occupy a certain biogeographical area. Further, this habitat could be somewhat [[different]] from the habitat of another [[group]] or population of black bears living elsewhere. Thus it is neither the [[species]] nor the [[individual]] for which the term habitat is typically used.

[[Category: Ecology]]

[[Category: Ecology]]