Sulawesi, the Glossary
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356 relations: Aliran Kepercayaan, Allopatric speciation, Amaravati art, Amboina box turtle, Anoa, Anthropologist, Apex predator, Archaic humans, Asia, Asian palm civet, Asian water monitor, Asiatic softshell turtle, Australasian realm, Australia, Australia (continent), Australian National University, Australian Plate, Austronesian languages, Babirusa, Balinese people, Banggai Regency, Banggai Sea Regency, Barru Regency, Baubau, BBC News, Biogeography, Bitung, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Bone Regency, Bone State, Booted macaque, Borneo, Bostrychus microphthalmus, Bronchocela jubata, Buddhism, Buddhism in Indonesia, Bugis, Bunaken National Park, Bunomys, Burmese python, Buton, Butonese people, Calamaria, Calamaria boesemani, Calamaria muelleri, Calamaria nuchalis, Cancrocaeca, Candoia carinata, Caridina, Carnivora, ... Expand index (306 more) »
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Aliran Kepercayaan
Aliran Kepercayaan (the branches/flows of beliefs) is an official cover term for groups of followers of various religious movements.
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Allopatric speciation
Allopatric speciation – also referred to as geographic speciation, vicariant speciation, or its earlier name the dumbbell model – is a mode of speciation that occurs when biological populations become geographically isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with gene flow.
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Amaravati art
Amaravati school of art is an ancient Indian art style that evolved in the region of Amaravati (then known as Dhānyakaṭaka) in the modern-day Andhra Pradesh from 2nd century BCE to the end of the 3rd century CE.
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Amboina box turtle
The Amboina box turtle or Southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) is a species of Asian box turtle widely distributed across Southeast Asia.
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Anoa
Anoa, also known as dwarf buffalo and sapiutan, are two species of the genus Bubalus, placed within the subgenus Anoa and endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia: the mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis).
Anthropologist
An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology.
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Apex predator
An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.
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Archaic humans
Archaic humans is a broad category denoting all species of the genus Homo that are not Homo sapiens (which are known as modern humans).
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Asian palm civet
The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Asian water monitor
The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Asiatic softshell turtle
The Asiatic softshell turtle or black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family.
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Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Australia (continent)
The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul, Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, Oceania, or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.
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Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Australian Plate
The Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate in the eastern and, largely, southern hemispheres.
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Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).
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Babirusa
The babirusas, also called deer-pigs (babi rusa), are a genus, Babyrousa, in the swine family found in the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Togian, Sula and Buru. Sulawesi and babirusa are wallacea.
Balinese people
The Balinese people (Suku Bali; Ânak Bali) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Bali.
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Banggai Regency
The Banggai Regency (Kabupaten Banggai) is a regency located at the eastern end of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
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Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency (Kabupaten Banggai Laut, "Marine Banggai Regency") is a regency in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Barru Regency
Barru Regency is a regency of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia.
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Baubau
Baubau is a city in Southeast Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Biogeography
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.
Bitung
Bitung, officially the City of Bitung, is a coastal city at the north-eastern edge of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park
Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park is a 2,871 km2 (1,108 mi2) national park on Minahassa Peninsula on Sulawesi island, Indonesia.
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Bone Regency
Bone Regency is a regency of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia.
Bone State
Bone (also Boni, or Bone Saoraja) was a sultanate in the south-west peninsula of what is now Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), a province of modern-day Indonesia.
Booted macaque
The booted macaque (Macaca ochreata) is a macaque of the Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
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Borneo
Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of. Sulawesi and Borneo are Greater Sunda Islands and maritime Southeast Asia.
Bostrychus microphthalmus
Bostrychus microphthalmus is a species of fish from the family Butidae.
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Bronchocela jubata
Bronchocela jubata, commonly known as the maned forest lizard, is a species of agamid lizard found mainly in Indonesia on the islands of Singkep, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Karakelang, Salibabu; Nias Island, Singkap Island, Borneo (Kalimantan) also in Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Buddhism in Indonesia
Buddhism has a long history in Indonesia, and it is one of the six recognized religions in the country, along with Islam, Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism), Hinduism and Confucianism.
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Bugis
The Bugis people, also known as Buginese people, are an Austronesian ethnic group—the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassar and Toraja), in the south-western province of Sulawesi, third-largest island of Indonesia.
Bunaken National Park
Bunaken National Park is a marine park in the north of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
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Bunomys
Bunomys is a genus of rodent from Sulawesi and Buton Island.
Burmese python
The Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is one of the largest species of snakes.
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Buton
Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi.
Butonese people
The Butonese (sometimes Butuni, Butung) people is a collective term that embraces a number of ethnic groups of Buton and neighbouring islands in Southeast Sulawesi.
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Calamaria
Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing snakes of the family Colubridae.
Calamaria boesemani
Calamaria boesemani, Boeseman's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae.
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Calamaria muelleri
Calamaria muelleri, Mueller's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae.
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Calamaria nuchalis
Calamaria nuchalis, the narrow-headed reed snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae.
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Cancrocaeca
Cancrocaeca xenomorpha is a species of troglobitic (cave-dwelling) freshwater crab from Sulawesi, the only species in the monotypic genus Cancrocaeca.
Candoia carinata
Candoia carinata, known commonly as the Pacific ground boa, Pacific keel-scaled boa, or Indonesian tree boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.
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Caridina
Caridina is a genus of freshwater atyid shrimp.
Carnivora
Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic Church in Indonesia
The Catholic Church in Indonesia (Gereja Katolik di Indonesia) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.
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Cave of Maltravieso
The Cave of Maltravieso in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, was discovered in 1951.
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Cave painting
In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.
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Cavefish
Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats.
Cáceres, Spain
Cáceres is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura.
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Celebes crested macaque
The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the Tangkoko reserve in the north-eastern tip of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes), as well as on smaller neighbouring islands.
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Celebes Sea
The Celebes Sea (Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea (Laut Sulawesi; Laut Sulawesi) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, and the west by northern Kalimantan in Indonesia. Sulawesi and Celebes Sea are maritime Southeast Asia.
Celebes warty pig
The Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis), also called Sulawesi warty pig or Sulawesi pig, is a species in the pig genus (Sus) that lives on Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Celebochoerus
Celebochoerus is an extinct genus of giant suid artiodactyl that existed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Celebochoerus heekereni), and the middle Pleistocene of Luzon, in the Philippines (Celebochoerus cagayanensis).
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Central Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Tengah) is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi.
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Chalcorana macrops
Chalcorana macrops is a species of "true frog" in the family Ranidae.
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Chalcorana mocquardi
Chalcorana mocquardi is a species of "true frogs" in the family Ranidae.
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Chiefdom
A chiefdom is a political organization of people represented or governed by a chief.
Chinese Indonesians
Chinese Indonesians (Orang Tionghoa Indonesia), or simply Orang Tionghoa or Tionghoa, are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries.
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Christianity in Indonesia
Christianity is Indonesia's second-largest religion, after Islam.
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Chrysopelea paradisi
Paradise tree snake or paradise flying snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia.
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Collision zone
A collision zone occurs when tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary both bearing continental lithosphere.
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Confucianism
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.
Conrad's worm snake
Conrad's worm snake (Ramphotyphlops conradi) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.
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Continental fragment
Continental crustal fragments, partly synonymous with microcontinents, are pieces of continents that have broken off from main continental masses to form distinct islands that are often several hundred kilometers from their place of origin.
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Coral Triangle
The Coral Triangle (CT) is a roughly triangular area in the tropical waters around the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. Sulawesi and Coral Triangle are maritime Southeast Asia.
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Current Anthropology
Current Anthropology is a peer-reviewed anthropology academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press for the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
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Cuscus
Cuscus is the common name generally given to the species within the four genera of Australasian possum of the family Phalangeridae with the most tropical distribution.
Cyclotyphlops
Cyclotyphlops deharvengi, or Deharveng’s blind snake, is a species of blind snake placed in the monotypic genus Cyclotyphlops.
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Deforestation
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
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Demography
Demography is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.
Dian's tarsier
Dian's tarsier (Tarsius dentatus), also known as the Diana tarsier, is a nocturnal primate endemic to central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Dibamus novaeguineae
Dibamus novaeguineae, is a legless lizard found in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
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Diurnality
Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlands(ch)-Indië) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945. Sulawesi and Dutch East Indies are maritime Southeast Asia.
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Dwarf elephant
Dwarf elephants are prehistoric members of the order Proboscidea which, through the process of allopatric speciation on islands, evolved much smaller body sizes (around shoulder height) in comparison with their immediate ancestors.
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Early Miocene
The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.
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Earthquake
An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
East Peninsula, Sulawesi
The East Peninsula is one of the four principal peninsulas on the island of Sulawesi.
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Echiothrix
Echiothrix is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Edented Sulawesi rat
Paucidentomys is a genus of rodents of a type commonly known as shrew-rats which was discovered in 2012 in a remote rainforest on the Indonesian island, Sulawesi.
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Eleotridae
Eleotridae is a family of fish commonly known as sleeper gobies, with about 34 genera and 180 species.
Elongated tortoise
The elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) is a species of tortoise found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Enhydris
Enhydris is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, snakes in the family Homalopsidae.
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Eucalyptus deglupta
Eucalyptus deglupta is a species of tall tree, commonly known as the rainbow eucalyptus, Mindanao gum, or rainbow gum that is native to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
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Eurasian Plate
The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.
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Eutheria
Eutheria (from Greek εὐ-, 'good, right' and θηρίον, 'beast'), also called Pan-Placentalia, is the clade consisting of placental mammals and all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials.
Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.
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Federation
A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism).
Fiery-browed starling
The fiery-browed starling or fiery-browed myna (Enodes erythrophris) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Sulawesi and Flores are islands of Indonesia.
Flores Sea
The Flores Sea covers of water in Indonesia.
Flying and gliding animals
A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding.
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Flying frog
A flying frog (also called a gliding frog) is a frog that has the ability to achieve gliding flight.
Flying squirrel
Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae.
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Folk religion
In religious studies and folkloristics, folk religion, traditional religion, or vernacular religion comprises various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized religion.
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Forsten's tortoise
Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii), also known commonly as the Sulawesi tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
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Freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are fish species that spend some or all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%.
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Freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water.
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Gekko smithii
Gekko smithii, commonly known as Smith's green-eyed gecko or the large forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
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Glossogobius
Glossogobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters from Africa to the coasts of the western Pacific Ocean.
Gomes de Sequeira
Gomes de Sequeira was a Portuguese explorer in the early 16th century.
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Gorontalo
Gorontalo (Gorontaloan: Hulontalo) is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi.
Gorontalo (city)
Gorontalo (Hulontalo) is a city and the capital of the Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Gorontalo macaque
The Gorontalo macaque or Dumoga-bone macaque (Macaca nigrescens) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Gorontalo people
Gorontalo people, also known as Gorontalese, are a native ethnic group and the most populous ethnicity in the northern part of Sulawesi.
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Gowa Regency
Gowa (Makassar language) is a regency in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Greater Sunda Islands
The Greater Sunda Islands (Indonesian and Malay: Kepulauan Sunda Besar) are four tropical islands situated within the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean. Sulawesi and Greater Sunda Islands are islands of Indonesia and maritime Southeast Asia.
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Green sea turtle
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.
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Griffith University
Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia.
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Grosbeak starling
The grosbeak starling (Scissirostrum dubium), also known as the grosbeak myna, finch-billed myna, or scissor-billed starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Gulf of Boni
The Gulf of Boni (Teluk Bone), also known as the Gulf of Bone, Bay of Boni, and Bone Bay, is the gulf which divides the South and Southeast Peninsulas of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia.
Gulf of Tolo
The Gulf of Tolo (Teluk Tolo or Towori), also known as the Bay of Tolo, is the body of water lying between the eastern and south-eastern peninsulas of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia.
Gulf of Tomini
The Gulf of Tomini (Teluk Tomini), also known as the Bay of Tomini, is the equatorial gulf which separates the Minahassa (Northern) and East Peninsulas of the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia.
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Gursky's spectral tarsier
Gursky's spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae), also known locally as Wusing, is a species of tarsier found in the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.
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Hawksbill sea turtle
The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.
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Heck's macaque
The Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) is a macaque of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hinduism in Indonesia
Hinduism is the third-largest religion in Indonesia, based on civil registration data in 2023 from Ministry of Home Affairs, is practised by about 1.68% of the total population, and almost 87% of the population in Bali.
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Homo erectus
Homo erectus (meaning "upright man") is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago.
Horseshoe bat
Horseshoe bats are bats in the family Rhinolophidae.
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Hydrosaurus amboinensis
The Moluccan sail-finned lizard or Ambon sailfin dragon (Hydrosaurus amboinensis) is a large agamid lizard native to moluccas or Maluku Islands in Indonesia, growing to about in length.
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Hyorhinomys stuempkei
Hyorhinomys stuempkei, the hog-nosed shrew rat or Sulawesi snouter, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, more specifically in the subfamily Murinae, endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Indian Indonesians
Indian Indonesians are Indonesians whose ancestors originally came from the Indian subcontinent.
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Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Sulawesi and Indonesia are maritime Southeast Asia.
Indonesian archipelago
The Indonesian archipelago (Kepulauan Indonesia) is a vast and diverse collection of over 17,000 to 18,000 islands located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Sulawesi and Indonesian archipelago are islands of Indonesia.
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Indonesian coelacanth
The Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis, Indonesian: raja laut), also called Sulawesi coelacanth, is one of two living species of coelacanth, identifiable by its brown color.
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Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution, also known as the Indonesian War of Independence (Indonesische Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog), was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia.
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Insular dwarfism
Insular dwarfism, a form of phyletic dwarfism, is the process and condition of large animals evolving or having a reduced body size when their population's range is limited to a small environment, primarily islands.
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International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (French: Organisation hydrographique internationale) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
Iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islam in Indonesia
Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia, with 87.06% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslims, based on civil registry data in 2023.
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Island arc
Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries.
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945.
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Jatna's tarsier
The Jatna’s tarsier (Tarsius supriatnai), also known locally as Mimito, is a species of tarsier endemic to the northern Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Indonesia.
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Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Sulawesi and Java are Greater Sunda Islands, islands of Indonesia and maritime Southeast Asia.
Karama River
The Karama River is a river on the island of Sulawesi, in the province of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.
Karangetang
Karangetang (also known as Api Siau) is a volcano on the north side of Siau Island off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Kendari
Kendari is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi.
King cobra
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake endemic to Asia.
Kingdom of Luwu
The Kingdom of Luwu (also Luwuq or Wareq) was a polity located in the northern part of the modern-day South Sulawesi province of Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi.
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Komodo dragon
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang.
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Kotamobagu
Kotamobagu is a city in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Lagusia
Lagusia micracanthus is a species of fish from the grunter family, Terapontidae, and the only member of the genus Lagusia.
Lake Matano
Lake Matano (Danau Matano), also known as Matana, is a tropical lake in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, that is noteworthy for the unique environment in its deeper layers.
Lake Poso
Lake Poso (Danau Poso) is a lake in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the third-deepest lake in Indonesia.
Lake Sidenreng
Lake Sidenreng is a lake in Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.
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Lake Tempe
Lake Tempe is a lake in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Lake Towuti
Lake Towuti is a lake in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
Lariang tarsier
The Lariang tarsier (Tarsius lariang) is a recently described tarsier occurring in the western part of the central core of Sulawesi.
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Leatherback sea turtle
The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights of.
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Limnonectes arathooni
Limnonectes arathooni is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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Limnonectes larvaepartus
Limnonectes larvaepartus is a species of fanged frog in the family Dicroglossidae endemic to northern and western Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Limnonectes microtympanum
Limnonectes microtympanum (common name: Sulawesi wart frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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Lipinia
Lipinia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae.
Lipinia infralineolata
Lipinia infralineolata is a species of skink found in Indonesia.
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List of islands by area
This list includes all islands in the world larger than.
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List of islands of Indonesia
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago (Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands composing the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands. Sulawesi and List of islands of Indonesia are islands of Indonesia.
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List of troglobites
A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.
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Loggerhead sea turtle
The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world.
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Lore Lindu National Park
Lore Lindu National Park is a protected area of forest on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in the province of Central Sulawesi.
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Macaque
The macaques constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.
Majapahit
Majapahit (ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀), also known as Wilwatikta (ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia).
Makassar
Makassar, formerly Ujung Pandang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi.
Makassar people
The Makassar or Makassarese people are an ethnic group that inhabits the southern part of the South Peninsula, Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) in Indonesia.
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Makassar Strait
Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Makassar tarsier
The Makassar tarsier (Tarsius fuscus), also known locally as Balao Cengke, is a species of tarsier.
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Malayan civet
The Malayan civet (Viverra tangalunga), also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, the Riau Archipelago, and the Philippines.
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Malayan flat-shelled turtle
The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.
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Maleo
The maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is a large megapode and the only member of the monotypic genus Macrocephalon.
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Sulawesi and Maluku Islands are maritime Southeast Asia and wallacea.
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Mamuju (city)
Mamuju is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi.
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Manado
Manado (Wenang) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi.
Manado fruit bat
The Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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Mandarese people
The Mandarese are an ethnic group in the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi in Sulawesi.
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Margaretamys
Margaretamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Marine park
A marine park is a designated park consisting of an area of sea (or lake) set aside to achieve ecological sustainability, promote marine awareness and understanding, enable marine recreational activities, and provide benefits for Indigenous peoples and coastal communities.
Maros
Maros is a town in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia close to the provincial capital of Makassar.
Maros Regency
Maros Regency (Màrusu’) is a regency of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia.
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Marsupial
Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia.
Megabat
Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats).
Megalith
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
Megalochelys
Megalochelys ("great turtle") is an extinct genus of tortoises that lived from the Miocene to Pleistocene.
Megapode
The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae.
Migmathelphusa olivacea
Migmathelphusa olivacea is a species of freshwater crab found in Lake Poso on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
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Mimic octopus
The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is a species of octopus from the Indo-Pacific region.
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Minahasa Peninsula
The Minahasa Peninsula, also spelled Minahassa, is one of the four principal peninsulas on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
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Minahasan people
The Minahasans or Minahassa are an indigenous ethnic group from the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes.
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Mindanao
Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago.
Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia)
The Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kementerian Agama) is an Indonesian ministry that administers religious affairs.
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Molucca Sea
The Molucca Sea (Indonesian: Laut Maluku) is located in the western Pacific Ocean, around the vicinity of Indonesia, specifically bordered by the Indonesian Islands of Celebes (Sulawesi) to the west, Halmahera to the east, and the Sula Islands to the south. Sulawesi and Molucca Sea are maritime Southeast Asia.
Mongondow people
The Mongondow or Bolaang Mongondow people are an ethnic group native to the north-eastern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
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Moor macaque
The Moor macaque (Macaca maura) is a macaque monkey with brown/black body fur with a pale rump patch and pink bare skin on the rump.
Mount Awu
Mount Awu (Gunung Awu) is the largest stratovolcano in the Sangihe Islands chain, located on Sangir Island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Mount Latimojong
Latimojong (Indonesian: Gunung Latimojong), also known by its peak name Rantemario, is a mountain located in the province of South Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Mount Lokon
Mount Lokon (Lo'kon), also known as Gunung Lokon, together with Mount Empung, is a twin volcano (apart) in the Tomohon, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, roughly south of Manado.
Mugilogobius
Mugilogobius is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae.
Muna Island
Muna (Pulau Muna) is an island in the Southeast Sulawesi province of Indonesia with an area of and had a population of 316,293 at the 2010 Census and 368,654 at the 2020 Census.
Muna people
The Muna or Wuna are the indigenous group which primarily inhabit the islands of Buton and Muna.
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
Nagarakretagama
The Nagarakretagama or Nagarakṛtāgama, also known as Desawarnana or Deśavarṇana, is an Old Javanese eulogy to Hayam Wuruk, a Javanese king of the Majapahit Empire.
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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Neanderthal
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.
New Guinea
New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of. Sulawesi and New Guinea are islands of Indonesia.
Nocturnality
Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
Nomorhamphus
Nomorhamphus is a southeast Asian genus of viviparous halfbeaks from streams, rivers and lakes in Sulawesi (Indonesia) and the Philippines.
North Gorontalo Regency
North Gorontalo (Gorontalo Utara) is a regency of Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, stretching along the entire northern coast of the province.
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North Sulawesi
North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia.
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Occidozyga semipalmata
Occidozyga semipalmata is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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Occidozyga tompotika
Occidozyga tompotika is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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Oceanic dispersal
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing.
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Overexploitation
Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.
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Paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.
Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko
Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Gekko iskandari), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
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Palopo
Palopo or Kota Palopo is a city located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the second-largest city in the province.
Palu
Palu, officially known as the City of Palu (Indonesian: Kota Palu), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.
Palu River
The Palu River (Indonesian: Sungai Palu) is a river in Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.
Pamona language
Pamona (also Poso or Bare’e) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Papurana celebensis
Papurana celebensis, also known as the Celebes frog, is a species of true frog in the family Ranidae.
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Parathelphusinae
''Arachnothelphusa rhadamanthysi''Cave crab, Borneo Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia.
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Parepare
Parepare is a city (kota) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about north of the provincial capital of Makassar.
Peleng
Peleng is an island off the east coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia and is the largest island of the Banggai Islands (Kepulauan Banggai).
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Sulawesi and Philippines are maritime Southeast Asia.
Plaquette
A plaquette ("small plaque") is a small low relief sculpture in bronze or other materials.
Plate reconstruction
Plate reconstruction is the process of reconstructing the positions of tectonic plates relative to each other (relative motion) or to other reference frames, such as the Earth's magnetic field or groups of hotspots, in the geological past.
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Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
Portuguese maritime exploration
Portuguese maritime exploration resulted in the numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime journeys during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Portuguese people
The Portuguese people (– masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country in the west of the Iberian Peninsula in the south-west of Europe, who share a common culture, ancestry and language.
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Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or simply Proklamasi) was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta.
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Prosciurillus
Prosciurillus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Sulawesi and nearby small islands, Indonesia.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Protestantism in Indonesia
Protestantism (Protestanisme) is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
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Provinces of Indonesia
Provinces are the first-level administrative divisions of Indonesia.
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Ptyas
Ptyas is a genus of colubrid snakes.
Ptyas dipsas
Ptyas dipsas, the Sulawesi black racer, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
Pygmy tarsier
The pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus), also known as the mountain tarsier or the lesser spectral tarsier, is a nocturnal primate found in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, in an area with lower vegetative species diversity than the lowland tropical forests.
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Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
Rabdion grovesi
Rabdion grovesi, Groves’s pointed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
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Raymond Westerling
Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling (31 August 1919 – 26 November 1987) was a Dutch military officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.
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Red-bellied squirrel
The red-bellied squirrel or Sulawesi giant squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer) is a species of squirrel.
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Religious syncretism
Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition.
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Reticulated python
The reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Rhacophorus edentulus
Rhacophorus edentulus (Celebes flying frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Rhacophorus georgii
Rhacophorus georgii (common name: Tuwa flying frog) is a species of flying frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Ricefish
The ricefishes are a family (Adrianichthyidae) of small ray-finned fish that are found in fresh and brackish waters from India to Japan and out into the Malay Archipelago, most notably Sulawesi (where the Lake Poso and Lore Lindu species are known as buntingi).
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society, was established, according to its royal charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia." From its incorporation the society has been a forum, through lectures, its journal, and other publications, for scholarship relating to Asian culture and society of the highest level.
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Saltwater crocodile
The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia.
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Sama-Bajau
The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia.
Sangihe Islands
The Sangihe Islands (also spelled "Sangir", "Sanghir" or "Sangi") – Kepulauan Sangihe – are a group of islands that constitute two regencies within the province of North Sulawesi, in northern Indonesia, the Sangihe Islands Regency (Kabupaten Kepulauan Sangihe) and the Sitaro Islands Regency (Kabupaten Siau Tagulandang Biaro).
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Sangir people
Sangir (Sangihe, Sangil) is a native people of the Sangir Islands in the northern chain of islands in Sulawesi and the southern part of Mindanao.
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Saronde Island
Saronde Island is an island in the Celebes Sea, within the Ponelo Islands District (Ponelo Kepulauan) of North Gorontalo Regency, in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. Sulawesi and Saronde Island are islands of Indonesia.
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Satanic nightjar
The Satanic nightjar (Eurostopodus diabolicus), also Heinrich's nightjar, satanic eared-nightjar, Sulawesi eared-nightjar or diabolical nightjar is a mid-sized, spotted, dark brown nightjar endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
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Science Advances
Science Advances is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary open-access scientific journal established in early 2015 and published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Sea turtle
Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira.
Selayar Islands
Selayar or Saleyer (Indonesian: Kabupaten Selayar, Dutch: Saleijer), is an archipelago of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
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Semiaquatic
In biology, being semi-aquatic refers to various macroorganisms that live regularly in both aquatic and terrestrial environments.
Serpentine soil
Serpentine soil is an uncommon soil type produced by weathered ultramafic rock such as peridotite and its metamorphic derivatives such as serpentinite.
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Small-toothed fruit bat
The small-toothed fruit bat or small-toothed Flying fox (Neopteryx frosti) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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Snoring rail
The snoring rail (Aramidopsis plateni), also known as the Celebes rail or Platen's rail, is a large flightless rail and the only member of the genus Aramidopsis.
Solutional cave
A solutional cave, solution cave, or karst cave is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone.
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Sommer's Sulawesi rat
Sommer's Sulawesi rat (Sommeromys macrorhinos) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae from Sulawesi.
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Soputan
Soputan is a stratovolcano in Indonesia.
South Peninsula, Sulawesi
The South Peninsula is one of the four principal peninsulas on the island of Sulawesi, stretching south from the central part of the island.
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South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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South Sulawesi campaign of 1946–1947
The South Sulawesi Campaign (10 December 1946 – 21 February 1947) was a campaign during the Indonesian National Revolution.
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South Sulawesi languages
The South Sulawesi languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
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Southeast Peninsula, Sulawesi
The Southeast Peninsula is a peninsula of Sulawesi (Celebes), lying between the Gulf of Tolo and the Gulf of Boni.
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Southeast Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara, often abbreviated to Sultra), is a province on the island of Sulawesi, forming the southeastern peninsula of that island, together with a number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton, Muna, Kabaena and Wawonii (formerly called Wowoni), together with many smaller islands.
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Species complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear.
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Squirrel
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.
Stegodon
Stegodon ("roofed tooth" from the Ancient Greek words,, 'to cover', +,, 'tooth' because of the distinctive ridges on the animal's molars) is an extinct genus of proboscidean, related to elephants.
Sugar glider
The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum.
Suidae
Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine.
Sulawesi bear cuscus
The Sulawesi bear cuscus, also known as the Sulawesi bear phalanger (Ailurops ursinus), is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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Sulawesi broad-eared horseshoe bat
The Sulawesi broad-eared horseshoe bat or Tatar horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus tatar) is a species of horseshoe bat found in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Sulawesi dwarf cuscus
The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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Sulawesi flying fox
The Sulawesi flying fox or Sulawesi fruit bat (Acerodon celebensis) is a species of megabat endemic to Indonesia.
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Sulawesi forest turtle
The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.
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Sulawesi giant rat
The Sulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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Sulawesi harpy fruit bat
The Sulawesi harpy fruit bat (Harpyionycteris celebensis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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Sulawesi masked owl
The Sulawesi masked owl (Tyto rosenbergii) is a species of owl in the family Tytonidae.
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Sulawesi myna
The Sulawesi myna (Basilornis celebensis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat
The Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia exoleta) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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Sulawesi palm civet
The Sulawesi palm civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii), also known as Sulawesi civet, musang and brown palm civet is a little-known viverrid endemic to Sulawesi.
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Sulawesi rousette
The Sulawesi rousette or Sulawesi fruit bat (Pilonycteris celebensis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae endemic to Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia.
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Sulawesi shrew
The Sulawesi shrew (Crocidura lea) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.
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Sulawesi soft-furred rat
The Sulawesi soft-furred rat (Eropeplus canus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat
The Wallace's or Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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Sulawesi tiny shrew
The Sulawesi tiny shrew (Crocidura levicula) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.
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Sulawesi white-handed shrew
The Sulawesi white-handed shrew or Temboan shrew (Crocidura rhoditis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.
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Sulawesi yellow bat
The Sulawesi yellow bat (Scotophilus celebensis) is a species of vesper bat.
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Sulawesian puddle frog
The Sulawesian puddle frog or Celebes Oriental frog (Occidozyga celebensis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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Sulawesian shrew rat
The Sulawesian shrew rat (Melasmothrix naso) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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Sulawesian toad
The Sulawesian toad or Celebes toad (Ingerophrynus celebensis) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.
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Sulu Archipelago
The Sulu Archipelago (Tausug:, Jawi: كڤولاوان سولو, Kapuluan ng Sulu) is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, in the southwestern Philippines. Sulawesi and Sulu Archipelago are maritime Southeast Asia.
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Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. Sulawesi and Sumatra are Greater Sunda Islands, islands of Indonesia and maritime Southeast Asia.
Sunda flying lemur
The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus), also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus.
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Sundaland
Sundaland (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
Syntripsa
Syntripsa is a genus of freshwater crabs found in lakes on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Taeromys
Taeromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae found exclusively in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Talaud Islands Regency
The Talaud Islands Regency (Kabupaten Kepulauan Talaud) is a regency of North Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
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Tana Toraja Regency
Tana Toraja ('Toraja Land' in Toraja language) is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group.
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Tarsier
Tarsiers are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is, itself, the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes.
Tateomys
Tateomys is a genus of rodent from Sulawesi.
Telmatherininae
The Telmatherininae, the sail-fin silversides are a subfamily of atheriniform fish from the rainbowfish family, the Melanotaeniidae, inhabiting fresh and brackish water.
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Terapontidae
Grunters or tigerperches are ray-finned fishes in the family Terapontidae (also spelled Teraponidae, Theraponidae or Therapontidae).
Terrane
In geology, a terrane (in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or "sutured" to crust lying on another plate.
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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Thorium
Thorium is a chemical element.
Timor
Timor (Ilha de Timor, Illa Timór, Pulau Timor) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. Sulawesi and Timor are islands of Indonesia and wallacea.
Toalean culture
The Toalean (or Toalian or Toala in Indonesian) people were hunter-gatherers who inhabited the Indonesian island of Sulawesi during the Mid- to Late-Holocene period prior to the spread of Austronesian Neolithic farmers some 3,500 years ago from mainland Asia.
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Togian Islands
The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia.
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Tomohon
Tomohon is a city in North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) Province, in central Indonesia.
Tonkean macaque
The Tonkean black macaque or Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Torajan people
The Torajans are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Tortoise
Tortoises are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise").
Treaty of Bongaya
The Treaty of Bongaya (also spelled Bongaja) was signed on November 18, 1667, between Sultan Hasanuddin of Gowa and the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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Tropidolaemus laticinctus
Tropidolaemus laticinctus is a species of venomous snake in the pit viper subfamily, Crotalinae.
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Tylomelania
Tylomelania is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.
Undescribed taxon
In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon (for example, a species) that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named.
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Unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.
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United States of Indonesia
The United States of Indonesia (Verenigde Staten van Indonesië, Republik Indonesia Serikat,; abbreviated as RIS or RUSI, also known as Federal Republic of Indonesia) was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (except Netherlands New Guinea) on 27 December 1949 following the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference.
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Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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Waiomys
Waiomys is a genus of rodents from the family Muridae.
Walanae River
Walanae River is a river in South Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1500km northeast of the capital Jakarta.
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Wallace's tarsier
Wallace's tarsier, Tarsius wallacei, is a species of Sulawesi tarsier (all tarsiers from the genus tarsius are from Sulawesi and its surrounding islands).
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Wallacea
Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep-water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Sulawesi and Wallacea are maritime Southeast Asia.
Walter Kaudern
Walter Alexander Kaudern (March 24, 1881 – July 16, 1942) was a Swedish zoologist and ethnographer.
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Weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts.
West Sulawesi
West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
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Zenarchopteridae
Zenarchopteridae, the viviparous halfbeaks, is a family in the order Beloniformes.
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2009 Sulawesi superbolide
The 2009 Sulawesi superbolide was an atmospheric fireball blast over Indonesia on October 8, 2009, at approximately 03:00 UTC (11:00 local time), near the coastal city of Watampone in South Sulawesi, island of Sulawesi.
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2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
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2021 West Sulawesi earthquake
A moment magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Majene Regency in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC).
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See also
Greater Sunda Islands
- Borneo
- Greater Sunda Islands
- Java
- Kalimantan
- Karimunjawa
- Kemujan Island
- Madura Island
- Madura Strait
- Mandalika Island
- Selayar Strait
- Sulawesi
- Sumatra
- Sunda Arc
- Sunda Islands
Wallacea
- Australasian Mediterranean Sea
- Babirusa
- Banda Sea
- Banda Sea Islands moist deciduous forests
- Buru
- Halmahera rain forests
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Lesser Sundas deciduous forests
- Maluku Islands
- Seram Island
- Seram rain forests
- Sulawesi
- Sulawesi lowland rain forests
- Sulawesi montane rain forests
- Sumba
- Timor
- Timor and Wetar deciduous forests
- Wallace Line
- Wallacea
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi
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