Wallacea & Endemic Species (Maluku Islands)

A map of Wallacea (Wikipedia) Wallacea is a place populated by mostly Indonesian Islands which are alienated from Asian and Australian continental shelves due to volcanic formation and movement of plate tectonics which shows the deep-water straits were always present (Bellwood, p. 175). The name is after Alfred Russel Wallace who was a naturalist that outlined the contrasts of mammals and bird faunas on each side of the line. This geographical location is important to early Southeast Asian history because it holds a big amount of endemic species which is an essential addition to the comprehensive mega-biodiversity of the Indonesian archipelago. The purpose of this blog is to explore the islands of Wallacea and the endemic species which makes the islands important in structure and biography (Bellwood, p. 175). Wallacea Volcano and distribution of Islands (Betchart Expeditions) Wallacea holds three islands known as the Lesser Sundas, Maluku, and the Sulawesi subregion. The origin of thes...