Australis

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The Australis is a biogeographical region with the core area Australia . The Australis has narrower boundaries in the flora kingdom than in the fauna kingdom .

The Australis floral kingdom includes mainland Australia and Tasmania . The fauna kingdom also includes New Guinea , New Zealand and Polynesia .

Florentine

Characteristic floral elements of the Australis can be found in the families of the casuarine plants (Casuarinaceae), the stylus cup plants ( Goodeniaceae ), the grass tree plants (Xanthorrhoeaceae), the Myoporaceae and the Stylidiaceae as well as the Australheidegeae , which were long run as a separate family of the Styphelioideae more recent studies belong to the heather family (Ericaceae), and the genus Brunonia , which was formerly part of the monotypical family of the Brunoniaceae and is now classified in the style cup family. Characteristic genera are the acacia ( Acacia ), the Banksia ( Banksia ) and the eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus ).

Faunal

Characteristic representatives of the fauna are the lungfish Neoceratodus and the bridge lizard Sphenodon ; among the birds the cassowaries , emus , large foot fowl , kiwis , strangler crows , birds of paradise , honey-eaters , lobbies , bowerbirds and cockatoos ; Among the mammals especially the monotremes with platypus and beak urchins , as well as the marsupial mammals (especially pouch mole , ant sacrum , kangaroos and pouch martens ).

The Australis is divided into three sub-regions:

  • The continental Australian sub-region includes Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea .
  • The New Zealand sub-region includes New Zealand and the offshore islands.
  • The Polynesian sub-region includes Polynesia .

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