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==Terrestrial biogeographic realms== === Udvardy biogeographic realms === {{Main|List of biogeographic provinces}} ===WWF / Global 200 biogeographic realms=== {{Main|Global 200}} The [[World Wildlife Fund]] scheme{{r|BBCecozones|OlsonDinerstein1998|OlsonETAL2001}} is broadly similar to [[Miklos Udvardy]]'s system,{{r|Udvardy1975}} the chief difference being the delineation of the Australasian realm relative to the Antarctic, Oceanic, and Indomalayan realms. In the WWF system, the Australasia realm includes [[Australia]], [[Tasmania]], the islands of [[Wallacea]], [[New Guinea]], the [[East Melanesian Islands]], [[New Caledonia]], and [[New Zealand]]. Udvardy's Australian realm includes only Australia and Tasmania; he places [[Wallacea]] in the Indomalayan Realm, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and East Melanesia in the Oceanian Realm, and New Zealand in the Antarctic Realm. {|class=wikitable |- !rowspan=2|Biogeographic<br />realm !colspan=2|Area !rowspan=2|Lands included |- !million square kilometres !million square miles |- | [[Palearctic realm|Palearctic]] | {{convert|54.1|km2|disp=table}} | The bulk of [[Eurasia]] and [[North Africa]]. |- | [[Nearctic realm|Nearctic]] | {{convert|22.9|km2|disp=table}} | [[Greenland]] and most of [[North America]]. |- | [[Afrotropical realm|Afrotropic]] | {{convert|22.1|km2|disp=table}} | [[Sub-Saharan Africa|Trans-Saharan Africa]], [[Madagascar]] and [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]]. |- | [[Neotropical realm|Neotropic]] | {{convert|19.0|km2|disp=table}} | [[South America]], [[Central America]], the [[Caribbean]], [[South Florida]] and the [[Falkland Islands]]. |- | [[Australasian realm|Australasia]] | {{convert|7.6|km2|disp=table}} | [[Australia]], [[Melanesia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Maluku Islands]] and the neighbouring islands. The northern boundary of this zone is known as the [[Wallace Line]]. |- | [[Indomalayan realm|Indomalaya]] | {{convert|7.5|km2|disp=table}} | The [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[northern and southern China|southern China]] and most of the [[Greater Sunda Islands]]. |- | [[Oceanian realm|Oceania]] | {{convert|1.0|km2|disp=table}} | [[Polynesia]] (except New Zealand), [[Micronesia]], and the [[Fiji|Fijian Islands]]. |- | [[Antarctic realm|Antarctic]] | {{convert|0.3|km2|disp=table}} | [[Antarctica]], [[Alexander Island]], [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]. |} The [[Palearctic realm|Palearctic]] and [[Nearctic realm|Nearctic]] are sometimes grouped into the [[Holarctic realm]]. ===Morrone biogeographic kingdoms=== Following the nomenclatural conventions set out in the [[International Code of Area Nomenclature]], Morrone{{r|Morrone2015}} defined the next biogeographic kingdoms (or realms) and regions: * Holarctic kingdom Heilprin (1887) ** Nearctic region Sclater (1858) ** Palearctic region Sclater (1858) * Holotropical kingdom Rapoport (1968) ** Neotropical region Sclater (1858) ** Ethiopian region Sclater (1858) ** Oriental region Wallace (1876) * Austral kingdom Engler (1899) ** Cape region Grisebach (1872) ** Andean region Engler (1882) ** Australian region Sclater (1858) ** Antarctic region Grisebach (1872) * Transition zones: ** Mexican transition zone (Nearctic–Neotropical transition) ** Saharo-Arabian transition zone (Palearctic–Ethiopian transition) ** Chinese transition zone (Palearctic–Oriental transition zone transition) ** Indo-Malayan, Indonesian or Wallace's transition zone (Oriental–Australian transition) ** South American transition zone (Neotropical–Austral transition)
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