relictual

comparative more relictual · superlative most relictual

1. Of or pertaining to a relict.

   Climatic warming during the past 10,000 years led to the extirpation of most low-elevation pika populations, producing the modern-day relictual distribution of the species.

   2003 December, Erik A. Beever, “Persistence of pikas in two low-elevation national monuments in the western United States”, in Sierra Nature Notes, volume 3, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2005

   Synonyms: remnant, surviving