Cosmopolitan distribution

In biology, an organism is said to be cosmopolitan (or cosmopolite) if it can be found almost anywhere on the Earth.

Examples include:
Humans
 House dust mite
 Red admiral (painted lady butterfly)
 Many cetacean species, including the orca
 Brown rat
 Killer whale
 Peregrine falcon

Related pages
Biogeography
Endemic

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