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Bahasa Indonesia; עברית; Latina ... Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea (4 C, 236 P) I. Insects of Papua New Guinea (2 C, 44 P) M. Molluscs of Papua New Guinea (3 ...
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Papua New Guinea". IUCN. 2001 dead link ] "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007 "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006
The origin of most New Guinea fauna is closely linked to Australia. Gondwana began to break up 140 million years ago, and Sahul separated from Antarctica 50 million years ago. As it drifted north, New Guinea moved into the tropics. Throughout Papua New Guinea's geological history there have been many land connections with Australia.
This is a list of the endemic reptile species recorded in Papua New Guinea. [1] Turtles. Scientific name Common name Family ... Fauna of New Guinea;
Papua New Guinea together with the West Papua region of Indonesia makes up a major tropical wilderness area that still contains 5% of the original and untouched tropical high-biodiversity terrestrial ecosystems. [1] PNG in itself contains over 5% of the world's biodiversity in less than 1% of the world's total land area. [2]
Papua New Guinea [note 1] [13] is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east.
This is a list of the endemic amphibian species recorded in Papua New Guinea. [1] Species. Ceratobatrachidae. Cornufer adiastolus; ... Fauna of New Guinea;
Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea (132 P) Pages in category "Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 236 total.