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An Asiatic lion cub in Gir Forest National Park, India. The wildlife of South Asia encompasses that of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and the Maldives.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) divides Indomalayan realm into three bio-regions, which it defines as "geographic clusters of eco-regions that may span several habitat types, but have strong biogeographic affinities, particularly at taxonomic levels higher than the species level (genus, family)".
The original drawing of the line in Wallace's paper. One of the earliest descriptions of the biodiversity in the Indo-Australian Archipelago dates back to 1521 when Venetian explorer Pigafetta recorded the biological contrasts between the Philippines and the Maluku Islands (Spice Islands) (on opposite sides of the Wallace's Line) during the continuation of the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan ...
Fauna of South Asia. Animal taxa native to the Southern Asian region located west of Southeast Asia , south of Central Asia , and east of Western Asia . Countries of South Asia include: Afghanistan , Bhutan , Nepal , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , the Maldives , and the British Indian Ocean Territory .
The tiger is the largest carnivorous mammal in Asia. [1] [2]The animals living in Asia and its surrounding seas and islands are considered the fauna of Asia.Since there is no natural biogeographic boundary in the west between Europe and Asia, the term "fauna of Asia" is somewhat elusive but it is a geographical name given.
The western and southern borders of Sundaland are clearly marked by the deeper waters of the Sunda Trench – some of the deepest in the world – and the Indian Ocean. [4] The eastern boundary of Sundaland is the Wallace Line , identified by Alfred Russel Wallace as the eastern boundary of the range of Asia's land mammal fauna, and thus the ...
Fauna of South Asia (16 C, 36 P) Fauna of Southeast Asia (23 C, 111 P) T. Fauna of Timor (5 C, 12 P, 3 F) W. Fauna of West Asia (25 C, 14 P) This page was ...
The Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southern China and most of the Greater Sunda Islands. Oceania: 1.0 0.39 Polynesia (except New Zealand), Micronesia, and the Fijian Islands. Antarctic: 0.3 0.12 Antarctica, Alexander Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.