Lydekker’s Line

faunal boundary

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In biogeographic region: Wallacea
…and to the east by Lydekker’s Line (Figure 5), which runs along the border of Australia’s continental shelf (the Sahul Shelf); it includes a mixture of Oriental and Australian fauna. Weber’s Line (Figure 5), which runs west of the Moluccas, represents the area where the two types of fauna are…
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In biogeographic region: Notogaean realm
…Australian, realm begins east of Lydekker’s Line and extends out into the Pacific Ocean (Figure 2). It consists of four regions: Australian, Oceanic, New Zealand, and Hawaiian. The faunas of many of the Pacific Islands, however, have as much in common with the Paleotropical fauna as with the Australian fauna…
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