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Nearctic realm

Biogeographic realm encompassing temperate North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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The Nearctic realm

The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America that are not in the Nearctic realm include most of coastal Mexico, southern Mexico, southern Florida, coastal central Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. Together with South America, these regions are part of the Neotropical realm.