Australasian realm

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The Australasian realm is a major biogeographic region encompassing Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and surrounding islands, characterized by highly distinctive and often endemic flora and fauna.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biogeographic realm
biogeographic region
biogeographicHistory long isolation from other landmasses
borderedBy Antarctica
surface form: Antarctic realm

Indomalayan realm
Oceania
surface form: Oceanian realm
characterizedBy distinctive fauna
distinctive flora
high endemism
contains Australian faunal region
Australian floristic region
New Zealand bioregion
continent Australia
derivedFrom Gondwana
hasBiome Mediterranean-type shrublands
deserts
grasslands
temperate forests
tropical rainforests
hasClimate arid interior regions
temperate southern regions
tropical northern regions
hasEndemicTaxa many bird families
many marsupial genera
many reptile species
includes Australia
Bismarck Archipelago
Lesser Sunda Islands
Maluku Islands
surface form: Moluccas

New Guinea
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Tasmania
many Pacific islands
knownFor highly endemic plant families
large flightless birds
marsupial diversity
monotreme mammals
unique conifer lineages
locatedIn Southern Hemisphere
recognizedBy WWF ecoregion classification
biogeographers worldwide
separatedFrom Indomalayan realm by Wallace Line
usedIn biogeography
conservation planning
global biodiversity assessments

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Solomon Islands rain forests partOf Australasian realm
Australasian English region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Asia-Pacific includesSubregion Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Megapodiidae distribution Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
New Zealander continent Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Oceania hasSubregion Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Tasmania locatedIn Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
The Life of Birds filmingLocationsInclude Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Pacific Islands hasSubregion Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
New Guinea rain forests partOf Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
New Guinea rain forests partOf Australasian realm
Diprotodontia distribution Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasian region
New Guinea partOf Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Longford Lyell Award region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Christmas Island locatedIn Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Norfolk Island locatedIn Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Cyathea distribution Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Māori Party continent Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Alsophila dealbata biogeographicRealm Australasian realm
Phyllocladaceae nativeTo Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
2023 New South Wales state election region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
ARL region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Australian Touring Car Championship region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Wallace Line concept in biogeography marksBoundaryBetween Australasian realm
subject surface form: Wallace Line
this entity surface form: Australasian biogeographic realm
Dorylinae foundIn Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasian region
the Wallace Line separates Australasian realm
subject surface form: Wallace Line
this entity surface form: Australasian fauna
the Wallace Line separates Australasian realm
subject surface form: Wallace Line
Temperate Australasia marine ecoregion locatedIn Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Discaria belongsToBiogeographicRealm Australasian realm
AS/NZS 4360:2004 region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Australasian Mediterranean Sea locatedIn Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Toronto Zoo hasSection Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Cupressales nativeTo Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Pseudocheiridae geographicRegion Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Petauridae distributionRegion Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Burramyidae endemicRegion Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasian region
Burramyidae belongsToBiogeographicRealm Australasian realm
Zoomerang leg continent Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Indomalayan realm borderedBy Australasian realm
Australian floristic region partOf Australasian realm
WWF ecoregion classification includesRealm Australasian realm
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Editing region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role region Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts areaServed Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
New Guinea mangroves partOf Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia
Wallabia foundInBiogeographicRealm Australasian realm
Acrobatidae endemicStatus Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasian region
birds-of-paradise distribution Australasian realm
this entity surface form: Australasia