What is the Australasian zone?
Q: What is the Australasian zone?
A: The Australasian zone is an ecological region which fits the geographic region of Australasia, including Australia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands.
Q: What are some of the smaller islands included in this ecozone?
A: The smaller islands included in this ecozone are the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including Sulawesi, Moluccan Islands (Maluku and North Maluku), Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores and Timor.
Q: What other Pacific island groups are a part of this ecozone?
A: Other Pacific island groups that are a part of this ecozone include Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
Q: How did Australia become separated from Antarctica as part of Gondwana supercontinent?
A: Australia became separated from Antarctica as part of Gondwana supercontinent due to continental drift over millions of years.
Q: What kind of native mammals does the Australasian ecozone have?
A: The Australasian ecozone has two living monotremes and no native eutherian mammals; almost all its native mammals (except for the two monotremes) are marsupials.
Q: When did placental mammals first appear in Australia's fossil record?
A: Placental mammals first appeared in Australia's fossil record around 15 million years ago (mya).
Q: Where is Alfred Russell Wallace's dividing line between Indomalayan and Australasian eczones located? A: Alfred Russell Wallace's dividing line between Indomalayan and Australasian eczones runs between Lombok (Australasia) and Bali (Indomalaya).
