Nearctic realm
The Nearctic is the ecozone of terrestrial ecoregions of North America. It has distinct fauna from the Neotropic zone, due in part to a narrow land bridge at the Panama Isthmus. Plant life is also quite distinct.
This zone is sometimes grouped with the Palearctic, which shares many groups as the Holarctic.
Animals originally unique to the Nearctic include families:
Plants originally unique to the Nearctic include families:
(this is a stub - this zone is one of 8 on Earth, so it has about 1/8 of Earth's biodiversity - this ought to be an extremely extensive article on ecologies)
External links
- Ecoregions of Canada?
- Description of the Ecoregions of the United States
- Ecoregions of Mexico?
- Ecoregions of Central America?