SS GEOGRAPHICAL REALMS

Composed: EU, Northern Asia & Northern Africa

Palearctic

Composed: North America, North Mexico & Greenland

Nearctic

Composed: central & South America, Caribbean & Southern Mexico

Neotropical

Composed: Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Arabia & Madagascar

Afrotropical

Composed: South Asia, South East Asia & Southern China

Indomalayan

Composed: Australia, New Guinea & East Indonesia

Australasian

Composed: Polynesia, Micronesia & Melanesia (pacific islands)

Oceania

Composed: Antarctica & surrounding islands

Antarcric

Palearctic

Largest — Brown bears, wolfs, snow leopards, Siberian tigers

Nearctic

Bison, moose, grizzly bears, cougars, prairie dogs, racoons, bald eagles

Neotropical

Amazon rainforest — Jaguars, sloths, llamas, capybaras, poison dart frogs, exotic birds

Afrotropical

Cradle of evolution — Lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos, lemurs, chameleons

Indomalayan

Shares species with afrotropical & australasian — Tigers, Asian elephants, orangutans, king cobras, gibbons

Australasian

Isolated; unique endemic species — Kangaroos, koalas, wombats, platypus, cassowaries, cockatoos

Oceania

Islands in pacific ocean — Nicobar pigeons, collared lory, fruit bats, sea birds

Antarctic

Emperor and Adélie penguins, seals, whales