Name(s):
Threatened Australian faunal region
Threatened Australian biogeographical realm
Background
The Neotropical biogeographic realm is equivalent to the Notogaean faunal realm in the older system which divided the globe into three faunal realms: Neogaean (New World), Notogaean (Australasia) and Arctogaean (Old World). The Australian faunal realm comprises continental Australia, Tasmania and coastal islands.