10.1. INDIA REPRESENTS:

a) Two Realms

b) Five Biomes

c) Ten Bio-geographic Zones

d) Twenty five Bio-geographic provinces

Eight terrestrial biogeographic realms are recognized.

1. Nearctic realm

2. Palearctic realm

a) Realms:

Biogeographic realms are large spatial regions within which ecosystems share a broadly similar biota. Realm is a continent or sub continent sized area with unifying features of geography and fauna & flora.

3. Africotropical realm

4. Indo-Malayan realm

5. Ocenaia realm

6. Australian realm

7. Antarctic realm

8. Neotropical realm

Realm