Oriental Realm

Oriental Realm
A zoogeographical region including Asia east of the Indus River, south of the Himalayas and the Yangtse- kiang watershed, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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