Sunda islands
"Sunda islands" in a Sentence (3 examples)
The Sunda Islands are divided into two groups, the Greater Sunda Islands — viz., Sumatra, and Java, with their dependencies; and the Lesser Sunda Islands, comprising all that lie E. of Java, Timor being the chief.
On the other hand, the Sunda Islands have been extensively studied, if on a broad scale, and allow us to draw valid comparisons.
It is also likely that Nasalis larvatus (Borneo) and Simias concolor (Mentawai Islands) were already present as endemic taxa in the Late Pliocene, and that their last common ancestor had arrived in the Sunda islands by the early Pliocene.