Wallacean

English

Etymology 1

From Wallace +‎ -an.

Adjective

Wallacean (comparative more Wallacean, superlative most Wallacean)

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

Etymology 2

From Wallacea +‎ -an.

Adjective

Wallacean (comparative more Wallacean, superlative most Wallacean)

1. Of or relating to Wallacea (a group of Indonesian islands).
   • 2011, Dmitry Telnov, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea:

     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.

   • 2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2:

     This species is essentially Wallacean, but it is known from two areas in Sundaic Indonesia as we define it.

Derived terms

• Wallacean cuckooshrike
• Wallacean drongo
• Wallacean whistler