Zoogeography: Quick Facts

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World map displaying faunal realms and major animal regions, with color-coded areas representing the Holarctic, Paleotropical (Afro-Tethyan), Neogaean (Neotropical), Notogaean (Australian), and Oceanic realms. Major boundaries and notable regions such as Afrotropical, Oriental, Madagascan, Wallacea, Australian, and Hawaiian are labeled, and arrows indicate the hypothesized distribution of Antarctic fauna.

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Zoology Anthrozoology entomology Ornithology mammalogy ichthyology Runaway selection hypothesis herpetology Polychaete hypothesis Good genes hypothesis Ethology

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Lev Simonovich Berg

Russian geographer and zoologist

greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)

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