Later, as earth's climate changed, the polar ice-caps melted and sea levels rose, forming the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's animal species were then cut off from the mainland by the sea.
而後地球氣候轉熱，兩極冰帽溶化，海水高漲，台灣海峽形成，台灣生物便因海洋的隔離而與大陸斷絕往來。