biogeography

bio- +‎ geography

biogeography (countable and uncountable, plural biogeographies)

1. (uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things
2. The geographical distribution of a particular living thing
   • 2004, Brian P. Hedlund & James T. Staley, “Microbial Endemism and Biogeography”, in Alan T. Bull, editor, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting‎, →ISBN, page 225:

     First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies.

• paleobiogeography

• biogeographic