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- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Arctic Realm
- Chapter 2 The Palearctic Realm
- Chapter 3 The Afrotropical Realm
- Chapter 4 The Madagascan Realm
- Chapter 5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
- Chapter 6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
- Chapter 7 The Australian Realm
- Chapter 8 The Polynesian Realm
- Chapter 9 The Nearctic Realm
- Chapter 10 The Caribbean Realm
- Chapter 11 The Neotropical Realm
- Chapter 12 The Patagonian Realm
- Chapter 13 The Antarctic Realm
- Chapter 14 The Oceanic Realm
- Chapter 15 Global Balance
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - The Madagascan Realm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2023
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Arctic Realm
- Chapter 2 The Palearctic Realm
- Chapter 3 The Afrotropical Realm
- Chapter 4 The Madagascan Realm
- Chapter 5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
- Chapter 6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
- Chapter 7 The Australian Realm
- Chapter 8 The Polynesian Realm
- Chapter 9 The Nearctic Realm
- Chapter 10 The Caribbean Realm
- Chapter 11 The Neotropical Realm
- Chapter 12 The Patagonian Realm
- Chapter 13 The Antarctic Realm
- Chapter 14 The Oceanic Realm
- Chapter 15 Global Balance
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Madagascan Realm includes Madagascar along with the Mascarene, Comoros, and Seychelles island groups of the south-western Indian Ocean and a few smaller islands. Biogeographically speaking it has long been included with Africa, although the growing weight of evidence argues for separation. Most are essentially old pieces of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana that broke away from Africa millions of years ago, although some (such as the Comoros and Mascarenes) are volcanic islands that formed much more recently.
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- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the WorldA Biogeographic Approach, pp. 170 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023