Geografi - Zoogeografi

Distribution of fauna on the surface of the earth

Alfred Russel Wallace is a very famous figure in discussing the distribution of the world's flora and fauna so often referred to as the father of world biogeography. Alfred Russel Wallece in 1876 divided the distribution of fauna in the world in several provinces, as follows:

1) Paleartic Zoogeography Province

This province is included in Siberia, North Africa, and several regions in East Asia. Living fauna includes Siberian tigers, polar bears, beavers and deer.

2) Neartic Zoogeography Province

The province covers most of North America and Greenland (north to subtropical pole). Living fauna including antelopes, deer and bears.

3) Neotropic Zoogeography Province

This province includes South America, Central America and Mexico. Living fauna includes primates, bats, rodents, pangolins, and slow lorises.

4) Ethiopian Zoogeography Province

The province includes Africa and Madagascar. Fauna that live in this area include African elephants, mountain gorillas, giraffes, and others.

5) Eastern Zoogeography Province

The province includes India, China, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Fauna that live in this area include the Sumatran tiger, Malaysian tapir, Indian elephant, water buffalo, rhinoceros, and others.

6) Australian Zoogeography Province

The province includes Australia, Tasmania and parts of eastern Indonesia. Living fauna includes kangaroo, plathypus, cuscus, wombat, and others.

7) Ocean Zoogeography Province

Spread throughout the world's oceans, in the form of several types of marine fish and mammals, such as seals, dolphins and whales.

8) Antarctic Province

The province covers the area in the South Pole, the type of fauna that lives in this area has thick fur to withstand cold and also has a thick layer of fat. Fauna of this area includes wildebeest, penguins, seals, polar rabbits and polar bears.