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 Antarctic realm
linked to: Antarctica

Indomalayan realm
Oceanian realm
linked to: Oceania
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
Moluccas
linked to: Maluku Islands

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