Southwest Australia
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Lub Southwest Australia Biodiversity Hotspot nyob ib ncig ntawm 356,700 square kilometers ntawm sab qab teb sab hnub poob ntawm sab av loj. Feem ntau cov nag poob thaum lub caij ntuj no thiab lub caij ntuj sov yog cov yam ntxwv qhuav. Haiv neeg cov nroj tsuag tau zoo yoog rau cov av tsis zoo, uas tseem txhawb nqa cov qoob loo loj thiab cov yaj grazing.
Thawj hom zaub hauv cheeb tsam no yog Eucalyptus woodlands, thiab Eucalyptus- dominated "mallee" shrubland. Kwangan yog ib lo lus hloov los ntawm Aboriginal Noongar lus los npog ntau yam Western Australian hom shrubland,
Hav zoov, hav zoov, shrublands thiab heath ntawm hotspot yog yus muaj los ntawm siab endemism ntawm cov nroj tsuag thiab tsiaj reptiles. Nws cov vertebrate hom muaj xws li Endangered numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) thiab honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) - ob qho tib si marsupials - thiab stunning liab-capped parrot (Purpureicephalus spurius).
Lub Critically Endangered western swamp vaub kib (Pseudeudemydura umbrina), uas yog dormant rau ze li yim lub hlis ntawm lub xyoo nyob rau hauv teb rau qhuav tej yam kev mob thiab kub kub, yog ib tug ntawm cov feem ntau hem cov dej tshiab vaub kib hom nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no.