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Victorian zoological map redrawn

Patterns that inspired Darwin and Wallace get an update

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

With a new planetwide analysis of vertebrate life, an international team has used 21st century science to update an iconic 1876 map of Earth’s zoological regions.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE A revised map of major distinctive regions of vertebrate life based on more than 20,000 species gives a new look at patterns that have intrigued evolutionary biologists for more than a century.