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Furneaux (biogeographic region)
Furneaux
is an
interim Australian
bioregion
that comprises the
Furneaux Group
of more than
one hundred
islands
off the
northeast
coast
of
Tasmania, Australia
comprising
.
Furneaux
Island
, located at the
eastern
entrance
to
Bass Strait
, is
home
to a
range
of
native plants
and
animals
, including the
Furneaux burrowing crayfish
, a
threatened species
of
crayfish
in the
family
Parastacidae
,
endemic
to
Australia
.