Thus since the 19th century, Western naturalists have been collecting specimens from around the world. Many large or flamboyant species of Taiwanese fauna such as Swinhoe's blue pheasant, the Formosan landlocked salmon, the Formosan rock monkey and the Mikado pheasant caused sensations in biological circles when they first appeared on the international stage.
十八世紀，西方自然學者仍四處搜羅生物標本，現有許多台灣野生動物藍腹鷳、櫻花鉤吻鮭、台灣彌猴、帝雉等大型或外型華麗的動物，陸續躍入國際舞台，在當時的生物學界造成話題。