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
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biogeographic region → |
| biogeographicHistory |
long isolation from other landmasses
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| borderedBy |
Antarctic realm
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Indomalayan realm → Oceanian realm → |
| characterizedBy |
distinctive fauna
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distinctive flora → high endemism → |
| contains |
Australian faunal region
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Australian floristic region → New Zealand bioregion → |
| continent |
Australia
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| derivedFrom |
Gondwana
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| hasBiome |
Mediterranean-type shrublands
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deserts → grasslands → temperate forests → tropical rainforests → |
| hasClimate |
arid interior regions
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temperate southern regions → tropical northern regions → |
| hasEndemicTaxa |
many bird families
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many marsupial genera → many reptile species → |
| includes |
Australia
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Bismarck Archipelago → Lesser Sunda Islands → Moluccas → New Guinea → New Zealand → Solomon Islands → Tasmania → many Pacific islands → |
| knownFor |
highly endemic plant families
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large flightless birds → marsupial diversity → monotreme mammals → unique conifer lineages → |
| locatedIn |
Southern Hemisphere
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| recognizedBy |
WWF ecoregion classification
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biogeographers worldwide → |
| separatedFrom |
Indomalayan realm by Wallace Line
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| usedIn |
biogeography
→
conservation planning → global biodiversity assessments → |