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Neotropical realm
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one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms & six floristic kingdoms
The Neotropical realm is one of Earth's eight major biogeographic regions, covering Central and South America and the Caribbean, and is known for its exceptional biodiversity including jaguars, anacondas, and countless bird species found nowhere else on Earth. It matters because it contains some of the planet's most biologically rich ecosystems, particularly the Amazon rainforest, which play a crucial role in global climate regulation and harbor an enormous portion of Earth's species.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Neotropical realm (in purple)
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neotropical realm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.