Bioregion descriptions

For limits in China and Mexico see map at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozones.svg

Nearctic: including most of North America
Neotropic: including South America and the Caribbean
Palearctic: including the bulk of Eurasia and North Africa
Afrotropic: including Sub-Saharan Africa
Malagasy: Madagascar and Southwest Indian Ocean Islands including Seychelles, Comoros, Mascarenes
Indomalaya: including the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
Australasia: including Australia, New Guinea, and neighboring islands. The northern boundary of this zone is known as the Wallace line.
Oceania: Pacific Ocean islands including Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith