faunal region

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Also Known As	zoogeographic region

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Indonesian faunal boundaries

Earth's faunal regions

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Australian region Wallace Line Neotropical region Ethiopian region Holarctic region Huxley’s Line Antarctic realm Megagaea Realm Notogaea Realm Oriental region floristic region

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biogeographic region: Fauna

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Karl P. Schmidt

American zoologist

Loren Eiseley

American anthropologist