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The Nearctic realm

The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America that are not in the Nearctic realm include most of coastal Mexico, southern Mexico, southern Florida, coastal central Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. Together with South America, these regions are part of the Neotropical realm.

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Nearctic realm

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The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including...

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Palearctic realm

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terrestrial zoogeographic realms of the world: Palaearctic, Aethiopian/Afrotropic, Indian/Indomalayan, Australasian, Nearctic, and Neotropical. The six...

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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

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The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical...

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Sky island

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Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. The term originally referred to those found on the Mexican Plateau...

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List of biogeographic provinces

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semideserts" (7), so it is coded 6.9.7. The realms and provinces of the scheme are hence coded as follows: (1) Nearctic realm 1.1.2 Sitkan province 1.2.2. Oregonian...

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Woodland

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Zimbabwe) Nearctic realm Madrean pine–oak woodlands (Mexico) Neotropical realm Cerrado woodlands and savannas (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) Afrotropical realm Al...

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Evolutionary anachronism

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rhinoceros, the most endangered ungulate in the world Extent of the Nearctic realm American mastodon restoration Restoration of Equus scotti, a North American...

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Biogeographic realm

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the Oceanian Realm, and New Zealand in the Antarctic Realm. The Palearctic and Nearctic are sometimes grouped into the Holarctic realm. Following the...

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List of tree species by shade tolerance

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A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species...

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Peninsular Ranges

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geologically unitary provinces. Most of the Peninsular Ranges are in the Nearctic realm. Several terrestrial ecoregions cover portions of the Peninsular Ranges...

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Tundra

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In physical geography, tundra (/ˈtʌndrə, ˈtʊn-/) is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The...

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Neotropical realm

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similarities in fauna or flora. Its fauna and flora are distinct from the Nearctic realm (which includes most of North America) because of the long separation...

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Honey locust

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The Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to...

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Chlaenius

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native to the Palearctic realm (including Europe, the Near East, and North Africa), Afrotropical realm, and Nearctic realm. Worldwide, roughly 1,000...

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Phyllophaga

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Minnesota Smith, A. B. T. (2003). Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm. Version 3. Electronically published, Lincoln, Nebraska. 74 pp, available...

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Yellow perch

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The yellow perch (Perca flavescens), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America...

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Varied carpet beetle

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present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, in the Nearctic realm, in North Africa and in North Asia, also in the Neotropics...

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Holarctic realm

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It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region (which covers most of North America), and Alfred...

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Bombyliidae

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worldwide (Palearctic realm, Nearctic realm, Afrotropical realm, Neotropical realm, Australasian realm, Oceanian realm, Indomalayan realm), but has the greatest...

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California chaparral and woodlands

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Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, and part of the Nearctic realm. The California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion is subdivided into...

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Dynastes

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belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. They occur in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm, from the United States to Brazil; four North American...

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California

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the most endangered ecological communities. California is part of the Nearctic realm and spans a number of terrestrial ecoregions. California's large number...

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Hoverfly

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americanus, is common in the Nearctic realm, and the common hoverfly, Melangyna viridiceps, is common in the Australasian realm. About 6,000 species and 200...

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List of ecoregions in France

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Metropolitan France are listed by biome. All them are in the Palearctic realm. Atlantic mixed forests Cantabrian mixed forests Pyrenees conifer and mixed...

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List of tundra ecoregions

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(2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545, https://doi.org/10...

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New World sparrow

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with bold patterns of greens, reds, yellows, and grays. Those in the Nearctic realm are smaller, with brown bodies streaked and with some head patterns...

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Polydrusus formosus

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subfamily Entiminae. This beetle is present in most of Europe and in the Nearctic realm. The adults grow up to 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) long. The colour...

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Southeastern conifer forests

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the southernmost instance of temperate coniferous forest within the Nearctic realm. This ecoregion has a humid subtropical climate with precipitation highest...

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