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EYRE PENINSULA Cracraft 1991
EYRE PENINSULA Cracraft 1991
Available Names:
Eyre Peninsula Cracraft 1991: 214.
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA Prichard 1826
Region:
EYREAN (Hedley 1894)
Sub-Region:
EYRE PENINSULA Cracraft 1991
Diagnosis:
The area “limited to the north and east by the more arid Eyrean barrier and the Flinders Ranges and to the west by the drier area of the Nullarbor Plain (although some species may well have distributions extending to the South-western Forest area of endemism)” (Cracraft 1991: 214).
Type-locality:
Darke Peak Range, South Australia, Australia, 33°28'26.85"S 136°10'29.68"E
The Pilbara, Western Desert and Eyre Peninsula sub-regions are clearly defined along vegetational and geographical lines. The addition of endemic bird distributions validates these as biotic regions. It is interesting to note however that Cracraft (1991) uses the term Eyrean Barrier, with which he is no doubt referring to Spencer’s Eyeran region. Spencer’s and Tates regions are otherwise missing from Cracraft’s treatment.
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