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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. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region.
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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 five major subrealm divisions based on the Bioregions 2023 framework—Southern Afrotropics, Sub-Equatorial Afrotropics, Equatorial Afrotropics, Madagascar & East African Coast, and Sub-Saharan Afrotropics—containing 24 bioregions in total.
Definition. In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and southern North America.
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.
IUCN to determine how adequate was the existing system of protected areas of the Afrotropical Realm in terms of biogeographical coverage, coverage of major vegetation types and in affording protection to centres of biological richness and species endemism. The UNESCO/AETFAT/UNSO vegetation map of Africa was used as the basis of the review. The
Summary. The Afrotropical Realm includes all of sub-Saharan Africa along with certain coastal islands such as the Cape Verde Archipelago. Madagascar, although traditionally included within Africa, is treated separately here. Biogeographically the Afrotropical Realm is divided between the African and Guineo-Congolian zoogeographic regions.