Australasian
From the Antipodes
Australasian refers to the region comprising Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring Pacific islands, or to people and things from that area.
The term groups these geographically close lands that share ecological and cultural connections: Australasian wildlife, the Australasian championships.
It appears frequently in scientific and sporting contexts where the broader region forms a natural unit.
Zoogeographic boundary in Indonesia
- marsupialPouch-bearing mammal
- monotremeEgg-laying mammal
- endemicNative to one area
- GondwanaAncient southern supercontinent
biota · faunal · zoogeography · ecoregion · dispersal · biodiversity · eucalyptus · platypus
Pacific island nation
- TasmaniaIsland state below Australia
- Papua New GuineaSouthwest Pacific island nation
- OceaniaPacific island collective
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
Outback · Great Barrier Reef · Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland · Wellington · Coral Sea · Tasman Sea
Eastern Oceania's island groups
- MelanesiaPacific island subregion
- MicronesiaPacific island region
- FijiPacific island republic
- SamoaSouth Pacific island nation
Tonga · Vanuatu · Solomon Islands · New Caledonia · Nauru · Palau · Kiribati · Tuvalu
Wallace Line
Zoogeographic boundary in Indonesia
Gondwana · biota · faunal · zoogeography · ecoregion · dispersal · biodiversity · eucalyptus · platypus · echidna
New Zealand
Pacific island nation
- TasmaniaIsland state below Australia
- Papua New GuineaSouthwest Pacific island nation
- OceaniaPacific island collective
Pacific · Outback · Great Barrier Reef · Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland · Wellington · Coral Sea · Tasman Sea · Canberra
Polynesia
Eastern Oceania's island groups
- MelanesiaPacific island subregion
- MicronesiaPacific island region
- FijiPacific island republic
Samoa · Tonga · Vanuatu · Solomon Islands · New Caledonia · Nauru · Palau · Kiribati · Tuvalu · Marshall Islands
- biogeographybioregion, species range, endemism, dispersal, native range
- bioregionsNeotropical, Oceanian, Antarctic, Ethiopian, Malagasy
- continental originAfrican, European, Asian, North American, South American
AustralasianEuropean
From that continent
Northern Hemisphere · Asian · North American · African · South American