TASMANIA Cracraft 1991

TASMANIA Cracraft 1991

Available Names: 
Tasmania Cracraft 1991: 214.
Area Taxonomy: 
TERRESTRIAL ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm: 
AUSTRALIA Prichard 1826
Region: 
BASSIAN Hedley (1894)
Sub-Region: 
TASMANIA Cracraft 1991
Diagnosis: 
The island of Tasmania including surrounding islands, such as Flinders and King Islands.
Type-locality: 
Cradle Mountain Tasmania, Australia, 41°41'6.48"S 145°57'9.55"E.

Cracraft (1991: 214) characterises ‘Tasmania’ as the area occupied by species that “inhabit the tall open, closed, and open forests of Tasmania”, while designating the whole island (including the smaller offshore islands) as a single area. Herein we follow Cracraft’s map.

Map: 
Reference: 
Patterns of diversification within continental biotas: hierarchical congruence among the areas of endemism of Australian vertebrates

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