4. Palaearctic region
Extant /Area/Geographical range :
Largest zoogeographical region
It includes
Whole Europe
Northern part of Africa
Northern China
U.S.S.R(russia )
Japan
Iran
Afghanistan
Baluchistan (western province of punjab)
5. Palaearctic region
Boundaries :
• North ,west an east side covered by sea
• South side has oriental region
• Palaearctic region separated from
• Ethiopian region by Sahara desert
• Paleaerctic region is separated from
• oriental region by
• Himalayan mountains
6. Palaearctic region
Physical features :
This region include wet forest land and dry steppe
land
Contain a large number of coniferous forest
Wide range of temperature
Fluctuation in rainfall
Diversity of surface features
Climate :
More or less temperate climate
7. Palaearctic region
Zoological characters
Mammals :
28 families of land mammals
Does not have spectacular mammals
Two families are unique to this region spalacidae and selevinidae both have one genus .
Spalacidae have genus spalax (brownish rat with no tail ) selevinidae has slevinia genus .
Other mammals include
41. Palaearctic region
Affinities :
The vertebrate fauna are not very rich
Out of mammals rabbit, dog,families are world wide
distributed and shrew,cat,squirrel families are shared with
other regions except Australia
Bears ,deers,shares with neactic and neotropical and
oriental region
Camel family is the only family which show discontinuous
distribution
Hedghogs, porcupines,hy eanas, shared with ethiopian and
oriental region.