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Afrotropic

The Afrotropic Ecozone is Africa south of the Sahara Desert. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone.

Madagascar forms a distinctive sub-region, with endemic groups like the lemurs

There are 6 endemic bird families, including ostriches, sunbirds, Secretary bird, guineafowl, and mousebirds


Ecozones

Nearctic | Palearctic | Afrotropic | Indomalaya | Australasia | Neotropic | Oceania | Antarctic


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Map of the ecozones