Australian region: Quick Facts

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Eastern gray kangaroo with joey

World map showing major faunal regions as defined by mammalian distributions, with each region color-coded: Holarctic in green (including Nearctic and Palearctic), Afro-Tethyan in pink (including Mediterranean, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Madagascan), Latin American in tan (including Neotropical, Argentine, and West Indian), Island in yellow (including Australian and Madagascar). Major region boundaries are marked with bold lines.

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Australian kingdom faunal region Notogaea Realm Ethiopian region Neotropical region Holarctic region Wallace Line