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Two geographical regions separated by high mountains are

A

Oriental and Australian

B

Palaerctic and Oriental

C

Nearctic and Palaeractic

D

Neotropical and Ethiopian

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Dr. PL Scalater (1858) proposed first time the division of the world into six realms or biogeographic regions according to the distribution of birds. In 1876 AR Wallace, adopted it for all the animals, these regions include i.e. Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Nearct1c and Neotropical. Palaearctic and Oriental realms are separated by high mountain ranges, i.e. Himalayas
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