Furneaux bioregion

Furneaux is an interim Australian bioregion that includes the Furneaux Group of more than one hundred islands off the northeast coast of Tasmania, as well as the northeast corner of Tasmania and Wilson's Promontory on the Australian mainland. It covers an area of 537,543 hectares (1,328,300 acres).[1][2]

Furneaux
Tasmania
The interim Australian bioregions, with Furneaux in red
Furneaux is located in Tasmania
Furneaux
Furneaux
Coordinates40°10′S 148°05′E
Area538 km2 (207.7 sq mi)
Localities around Furneaux:
Bass Strait South East Coastal Plain Bass Strait
Bass Strait Furneaux Bass Strait
Tasmanian Northern Slopes Ben Lomond Bass Strait

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

Further reading

  • Thackway, R.; Cresswell, I. D. (1995). An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program, Version 4.0. Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit. ISBN 978-0-642-21371-6.


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