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Australasian realm
The main article for this
category
is
Australasian realm fauna
.
This
category
is for articles about the native
fauna
of the
Australasian realm
, a
biogeographic realm
that is coincident, but not synonymous (by some definitions), with the
geographical region
of
Australasia
. The realm includes
Australia
, the island of
New Guinea
(including
Papua New Guinea
and the
Indonesian
province of
Papua
), and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of
Sulawesi
, the Moluccan islands (the Indonesian provinces of
Maluku
and
North Maluku
) and islands of
Lombok
,
Sumbawa
,
Sumba
,
Flores
, and
Timor
, often known as the Lesser Sundas. The Australasian realm also includes several Pacific island groups, including the
Bismarck Archipelago
,
Vanuatu
, the
Solomon Islands
, and
New Caledonia
.
New Zealand
and its surrounding islands are a distinctive sub-region of the Australasian realm.
See also the categories
Australasian realm biota
and
Australasian realm flora
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Biogeographic regionalisations
Biomes
Terrestrial
biomes
Polar/montane
Tundra
Taiga
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Alpine tundra
Temperate
Coniferous forests
Broadleaf and mixed forests
Deciduous forests
Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Tropical and
subtropical
Tropical rainforest
Coniferous forests
Moist broadleaf forests
Dry broadleaf forests
Grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Dry
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Steppe
Wet
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Riparian
Wetland
Mangrove
Aquatic
biomes
Pond
Littoral
Intertidal
Mangroves
Kelp forests
Coral reefs
Neritic zone
Pelagic zone
Benthic zone
Hydrothermal vents
Cold seeps
Demersal zone
Other biomes
Endolithic zone
Biogeographic
realms
Terrestrial
Afrotropical
Antarctic
Australasian
Holarctic
Indomalayan
Nearctic
Neotropical
Oceanian
Palearctic
Marine
Antarctic/Southern Ocean
Arctic
Central Indo-Pacific
Eastern Indo-Pacific
Temperate Australasia
Temperate Northern Atlantic
Temperate Northern Pacific
Temperate South America
Temperate Southern Africa
Tropical Atlantic
Tropical Eastern Pacific
Western Indo-Pacific
Subdivisions
Biogeographic provinces
Bioregions
Ecoregions
Lists of ecoregions
Global 200 ecoregions
See also
Altitudinal zonation
Ecological land classification
Floristic kingdoms
Vegetation classifications
Zoogeographic regions