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.
AMAZONIA
MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
1) Insects & Spiders
Friula wallacei
Cyriopalus wallacei
Raja Brooke's Birdwing
2) Amphibians
Wallace's Flying Frog
3) Birds
Spizaetus nanus Wallace, 1868 (now Nisaetus nanus), Wallace's hawk-eagle - described by Wallace from a single specimen from Sarawak collected in 1856.
4) Mammals
Bay Cat