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[deleted] OP t1_itqolmf wrote

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Jusfiq t1_itzjpm4 wrote

> That's why tigers lived free in Sumatra, but not in Australia.

Sumatra and Australia have indeed never been connected since before the Ice Age. Sumatra is part of Sunda Shelf and Australia is part of Sahul Shelf. As part of Sahul Shelf however, Australia and the island of New Guinea was connected. Part of New Guinea today is territory of Indonesia.

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