"East of the Wallace Line"

Wallace's Line delineates Australian and Southeast Asian fauna. The probable extent of land at the time of the last glacial maximum, when the sea level was more than 110 m lower than today, is shown in grey. The deep water of the Lombok Strait between Bali and Lombok formed a water barrier even when lower sea levels linked the now-separated islands and landmasses on either side.

The Wallace Line or Wallace's Line is a faunal boundary line drawn in 1859 by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace that separates the ecozones of Asiaand Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, a mixture of species of Asian and Australian origin is present. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Line

華勒斯線是生物地理學中，區分東洋區和澳大拉西亞區的分界線。1854年到1862年英國動物地理學者阿爾弗雷德·羅素·華勒斯在馬來群島研究島嶼上的動物時，注意到婆羅洲與蘇拉威西島、峇里島和龍目島之間，似乎有一條隱形的界線將兩邊的生物分開；界線以西接近東南亞的生物相，界線以東則接近新幾內亞的生物相。華勒斯注意到：峇里島的鳥類與爪哇島幾乎相同，但在距峇里島僅約30公里的龍目島，卻只有50%的鳥類相同。為紀念他的發現，科學界將劃分這兩區的界線稱為華勒斯線。

華勒斯線

Yale University Art Gallery

It's cold outside, but we welcome you to warm up at the Gallery with a visit "East of the Wallace Line" to see art from Indonesia and New Guinea, an imaginative journey to the tropics. This special exhibition is only on view through February 1. Check it out! We're open 11-5 Sat. and Sun.

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