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LIST OF BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROVINCES

The following list of biogeographic provinces was developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975.

Afrotropical Realm


Guinean Rainforest


Congo Rainforest


Malagasy Rainforest


West African Woodland/Savanna


East African Woodland/Savanna


Congo Woodland/Savanna


Miombo Woodland/Savanna


South African Woodland/Savanna


Malagasy Woodland/Savanna


Malagasy Thorn Forest


Cape Sclerophyll


Western Sahel


Eastern Sahel


★ Somalian


Namib


Kalahari


Karroo


Ethiopian Highlands


Guinean Highlands


Central African Highlands


East African Highlands


South African Highlands


★ Ascension and St. Helena Islands


★ Comores Islands and Aldabra


Mascarene Islands


Lake Rudolph


Lake Ukerewe (Victoria)


Lake Tanganyika


Lake Malawi (Nyassa)

Antarctic Realm


Neozealandia


Maudlandia


Marielandia


Insulantarctica

Australian Realm


Queensland Coastal


Tasmanian


★ Northern Coastal


★ Western Sclerophyll


★ Eastern Sclerophyll


Brigalow


★ Western Mulga


★ Central Desert


★ Southern Mulga/Saltbush


★ Northern Savanna


★ Northern Grasslands


★ Eastern Grasslands and Savannas

Indomalayan Realm


Malabar Rainforest


Ceylonese Rainforest


Bengalian Rainforest


Burman Rainforest


Indochinese Rainforest


South Chinese Rainforest


Malayan Rainforest


Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest


Burma Monsoon Forest


Thailandian Monsoon Forest


Mahanadian


Coromandel


Ceylonese Monsoon Forest


Deccan Thorn Forest


Thar Desert


★ Seychelles and Amirantes Islands


Laccadives Islands


Maldives and Chagos Islands


★ Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands


Andaman and Nicobar Islands


Sumatra


Java


Lesser Sunda Islands


Celebes


Borneo


Philippines


Taiwan

Nearctic Realm


★ Sitkan


★ Oregonian


Yukon Taiga


Canadian Taiga


Eastern Forest


Austroriparian


★ Californian


★ Sonoran


★ Chihuahuan


★ Tamaulipan


★ Great Basin


Aleutian Islands


Alaskan Tundra


Canadian Tundra


★ Arctic Archipelago


★ Greenland Tundra


★ Arctic Desert and Icecap


★ Grasslands


★ Rocky Mountains


★ Sierra-Cascade


★ Madrean-Cordilleran


★ Great Lakes

Neotropical Realm


★ Campechean


★ Panamanian


★ Colombian Coastal


★ Guayanan


★ Amazonian


★ Madeiran


★ Serra do Mar


★ Brazilian Rainforest


★ Brazilian Planalto


Valdivian Forest


Chilean Nothofagus


Everglades


★ Sinaloan


★ Guerreran


★ Yucatecan


★ Central American


★ Venezuelan Dry Forest


★ Venezuelan Deciduous Forest


★ Ecquadoran Dry Forest


Caatinga


★ Gran Chaco


★ Chilean Araucaria Forest


Chilean Sclerophyll


★ Pacific Desert


★ Monte


★ Patagonian


★ Llanos


★ Campos Limpos


Babacu


★ Campos Cerrados


★ Argentinian Pampas


★ Uruguayan Pampas


★ Northern Andean


★ Colombian Montane


★ Yungas


Puna


★ Southern Andean


★ Bahamas-Bermudan


Cuban


★ Greater Antillean


Lesser Antillean


Revilla Gigedo Island


★ Cocos Island


Galapagos Islands


Fernando de Noronja Island


South Trindade Island


Lake Titicaca

Oceanian Realm


Papuan


Micronesian


Hawaiian


Southeastern Polynesian


Central Polynesian


New Caledonian


★ East Melanesian

Palearctic Realm


Chinese Subtropical Forest


Japanese Evergreen Forest


West Eurasian Taiga


East Siberian Taiga


Icelandian


★ Subarctic Birchwoods


★ Kamchatkan


★ British Islands


★ Atlantic


Boreonemoral


Middle European Forest


★ Pannonian


★ West Anatolian


★ Manchu-Japanese Mixed Forest


★ Oriental Deciduous Forest


★ Iberian Highlands


★ Mediterranean Sclerophyll


Sahara


Arabian Desert


★ Anatolian-Iranian Desert


★ Turanian


★ Talka-Makan-Gobi Deserrt


★ Tibetan


★ Iranian Desert


★ Arctic Desert


★ Higharctic Tundra


★ Lowarctic Tundra


★ Atlas Steppe


★ Pontian Steppe


Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe


★ Scottish Highlands


★ Central European Highlands


★ Balkan Highlands


★ Caucaso-Iranian Highlands


★ Altai Highlands


Pamir-Tian Shan Highlands


★ Hindu Kush Highlands


★ Himalayan Highlands


★ Szechwan Highlands


Macaronesian Islands


Ryukyu Islands


Lake Ladoga


Aral Sea


Lake Baikal

Contents
References

References



★ Dassman, Raymond (1976). "Biogeographical Provinces". ''CoEvolution Quarterly'', Number 11, Fall 1976.

★ Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). ''A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world''. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN.

★ Udvardy, Miklos D. F. (1975) "World Biogeographical Provinces" (Map). The CoEvolution Quarterly, Sausalito, California.

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