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Number of species of living things

Pie chart of the different kingdoms of life in New Zealand.

This pie chart shows the different kingdoms of life in Aotearoa and their size as numbers of named species.

Adapted from Gordon, D.P. (ed). 2009. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vol. 1: Kingdom Animalia – Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuteromstomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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