Gloger's rule

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Etymology[edit]

After the zoologist Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger, who first remarked upon this phenomenon in 1833.

Proper noun[edit]

Gloger's rule

  1. (zoology) A rule stating that, within a species of endotherms, more heavily pigmented forms tend to be found in more humid environments.