Furneaux (biogeographic region)

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Furneaux
Tasmania
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Furneaux
Coordinates 40°10′S148°05′E / 40.167°S 148.083°E / -40.167; 148.083 Coordinates: 40°10′S148°05′E / 40.167°S 148.083°E / -40.167; 148.083
Area538 km2 (207.7 sq mi)
Localities around Furneaux:
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait
Bass Strait Furneaux Bass Strait
Ben Lomond Bass Strait Bass Strait

Furneaux is an interim Australian bioregion that comprises the Furneaux Group of more than one hundred islands off the northeast coast of Tasmania, Australia comprising 537,543 hectares (1,328,300 acres). [1] [2]

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Furneaux Island, located at the eastern entrance to Bass Strait, is home to a range of native plants and animals, including the Furneaux burrowing crayfish, a threatened species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae, endemic to Australia. [3]

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References

  1. "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of the Environment and Energy . Australian Government. 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, Version 7" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Energy . Australian Government. 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. "Engaeus martigener: Doran, N. And Horwitz, P". 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T7737A12845688.en.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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