Revision of Iconic species discovered by Wallace from Sun, 2018-03-25 14:02

By George Beccaloni, March 2018

Wallace discovered around 5,000 species new to science on his collecting expeditions to South America and the 'Malay Archipelago'. Here are a selection of a few of the most 'iconic' ones.

The Amazon

The Malay Archipelago

1) Insects

2) Amphibians

3) Birds

4) Mammals

Bay cat

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith