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The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. [1] It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region .
The Afrotropics is one of the world’s major biogeographical realms with six major subrealm divisions based on the One Earth Bioregions Framework—Southern Afrotropics, Sub-Equatorial Afrotropics, Equatorial Afrotropics, Madagascar & East African Coast, Sub-Saharan Afrotropics, and the Horn of Africa—containing 24 bioregions in total.
This category is for articles about the Afrotropical realm . This realm includes Sub-Saharan Africa in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and southeast Iran in Asia. See also: Category:Afrotropical realm biota.
The Afromontane regions are subregions of the Afrotropical realm, one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms, covering the plant and animal species found in the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
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The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean.
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In recent historical time (i.e. since ad 1500), the Afrotropical Realm as a whole has lost at least 56 species/6 subspecies of vertebrates. Among the extinct forms 1 species/6 subspecies are mammals, 9 species are birds, 3 species are reptiles, and 43 species are freshwater fishes.
