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Afro-Tethyan mammal region

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 285 words | Copyright

Afro-Tethyan mammal region A region, proposed by the biogeographer Charles H. Smith, which appears to reflect mammal distributions more satisfactorily than the traditional zoogeographic regions. It includes the Ethiopian and Oriental regions, as well as the Mediterranean subregion.

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