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Wallacean en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Wallace + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.

Forms

Wallacean en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From Wallacea + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to Wallacea (a group of Indonesian islands).
   • This species is essentially Wallacean, but it is known from two areas in Sundaic Indonesia as we define it. 2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2:
   • While the Philippines have a large Sundaland biotic component, there is a significant Wallacean, New Guinea and Australian element in the biota. The evolutuonary relationships of some of the iconic taxa suggest a Wallacean and Gondwanan origin. 2011, Dmitry Telnov, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea:

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Deriveds

Wallacean drongo · Wallacean cuckooshrike · Wallacean whistler