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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.

Australian region: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified title of Web site: Australian Government - Australian Stories - Australian Fauna. Jun 06, 2017
Add new Web site: Australian Government - Australian Stories - Australian Fauna. May 19, 2017
Media added. Aug 07, 2009
Article revised and updated. Mar 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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