Wallace line

Layer 3 — Biologyin the biogeography subtree

Sharp faunal boundary separating Asian from Australasian mammalian faunas between Bali/Lombok and Borneo/Sulawesi (Wallace 1859). Reflects deep-water straits that persisted during Pleistocene low stands, isolating biotas for 50+ My.

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