Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86620-0 - Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History Danielle Clode Index More information INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations, Bare-Backed Fruit Bat (Dobsonia moluccensis), plates and their accompanying captions. 92 Baret, Jeanne, 31 A barking spider (Selenocosima crassipes), 38 Acacia (Wattles), 66, 67 Bass, George, 30 Forest Wattle (Acacia frigiscens), 70 Batavia (ship), 18 Mountain Hickory Wattle (Acacia Baudin expedition, 89–92 obliquinervia), 70 Bennett, George, 14 Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata), 70 biogeography, 137–8, 154–8 Acheron River, 61 dispersal, 154 adaptation vicariance, 156 of behaviour, 102 Wallace develops, 138–46 to cold, 110 Bird Rock Cliffs (Victoria), 95 to fire, 67 birds, classification of, 143–4 Agassiz, Louis, 94–5 Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis), 34 American Mink (Mustela vison), 102, 102 Brolga (Grus rubicundus), 34 Antilopine Wallaroo (Macropus antilopinus), Cassowary (Casuarius spp.), facing 148 facing 36 Chestnut Quail-Thrush (Cinclosoma Antarctic Icefish (Champocephalus gunnari), 110 castanotus), facing 133 apes Great Pampa-Finch (Embernagra platensis), classification, 123–6 3,5 Museum Victoria display, 115, 124, 125 Mrs Gould’s Sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae), archaebacteria, 164–5, see also bacteria facing 36 Asian dragon (Calotes spp.), 105 Pied Goose (Anseranas semipalmata), 34 Astacopsidrilus, 158 Piopio (Turnagra capensis), 155 atlases, see maps Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), 61 Austral Grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea australis), ratites, facing 148, 155–6 facing 68 Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisea rubra), 131 Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis), 34 Sacred Kingfisher (Halcyon sancta), 56 Australopithecus africanus, 127 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), 141 B Black-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), Babirusa pig (Babyrousa babyrussa), 153 34 bacteria Blackburn, James, 45 archaebacteria, 164–5 Blandowski,William, 30, 32 in meteorites, 166–71 brain, evolution, 103, 121, 121–2 in Mountain Ash forest, 61 Brazenor, Charles, 11, 75–8 nanobacteria, 165 Broadnosed Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus Phormidium tenuissimum, 170 cepedianus), facing 53 Banded Hare Wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus), Brolga (Grus rubicundus), 34 17, 18 Broom, Robert, 73, 73–4 Banks, Joseph, 134 Brown Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri), 27–8 describes kangaroo, 14, 16–17, 24 Bruijn, Cornelis de, 17, 27 206 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86620-0 - Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History Danielle Clode Index More information Brush-tailed Bettong (Bettongia penicillata), 35 dams, 47 Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), 6 Thomson River, 47 Buffon, Georges, 16, 134 Yan Yean reservoir, 45–6, 49–50 Burramys parvus, see Mountain Pygmy-possum Darragh, Tom, 93, 98–100 (Burramys parvus) Darwin, Charles, 95 Burrowing Bettong (Bettongia lesueur), 34, 92 collaboration with Wallace, 133–4 description of Australian vegetation, 66 C influence of Lyell, 150 Calaby, John, 80 natural selection, 97, 116, 160 Candlebark (Eucalyptus rubida), 67 use of trigonia, 94, 100 Candolle, Augustin, 134 and progressionism, 119 Cassini, Giovanni, 162 specimens, 3,5,8 Cassowary (Casuarius spp.), facing 148 Davidson,William, 48 catastrophic theory (geology), 148–9 Deep Impact mission, 170 catchment management, 46, 48, 49, see also Descalier, Pierre, 21 water supply Descartes, René, 106, 106 Chameleon (Chameleo vulgaris), 105 Desert Bandicoot (Perameles eremiana), 35–6 Chestnut Quail-Thrush (Cinclosoma Desliens, Nicolas, 21–2 castanotus), facing 133 Dieppe maps, 21–2, 22 Chocolate Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus monio), 61 Dietrich, Amalie, 31 classification, 6–7, facing page 101 dinosaurs apes, 123–6 Australia, 103, see also Leaellynasaura birds, 143–4 amicagraphica difficulties, 127 hypsilophodontids, 103, 113, 114 humans, 123–6 intelligence, 104 indigenous knowledge, 33, 39 popular representation, 102 and molecular genetics, 143 Qantasaurus intrepidus, facing 100 climate dispersal, see biogeography Australia, 109 distribution of species, 134, see also and fire frequency, 66 biogeography and species distribution, 83 effect of fire, 68 Coleman, Arthur P., 151 indigenous knowledge, 34–7 Coleman, Edith, 31 recorded in museum collections, 34 Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), 123 Wallace’s investigation, 134–8 anatomy, 117, 117, 118 Dixon, Joan, 80 Common Opossum (Didelphis virginiana),20 d’Urville, Captain Dumont, 58, 90–1, 93 continental drift, 143–4, 151–5, 152, 156 Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii), 17, 27–8 convergent evolution, 127–8 Cook, Captain James E Endeavour journal, 14, 15 Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), specimens, 16–17 16 Cooper, Alan, 155 Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrrinus), 34 Copernican galaxy, 160, 160 Eastern Wallaroo (Macropus robustus), 15, Coventry, John, 57, 69, 78 16–17, facing 20 Coventry’s Skink (Niveoscincus coventryi), 57, echinoderms, 158 69,69 Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti), creationism, 94–5, 97, 134–5 61, facing 68 Crescent Nailtail Wallaby (Onychogalea lunata), Eucalyptus 34 Candlebark (Eucalyptus rubida), 67 Ctenotus skinks, facing 37,39 Messmate (Eucalyptus obliqua), 60, 67 cuscus (Phalanger orientalis),26 Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), 49, 59, Cuvier, Georges, 148–9 59 Mountain Grey Gum (Eucalyptus D cypellocarpa), 60 Daintree, Richard, 95 Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora), 67 Dampier,William, 17 Stringybark (Eucalyptus baxteri), 67 index 207 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86620-0 - Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History Danielle Clode Index More information evolution H ancestral relationships, 121 Hahn, Otto, 167–8 theories of, 93–5, see also adaptation; Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa), 67, facing 69 natural selection; transmutation Halford, George Britton, 122 extinctions, mass, 88, 149 on convergent evolution, 127–8 extraterrestrial life, 160, 170–1 dispute with Huxley, 124–6 Hall, Thomas, 98–100 F Hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes spp.), 34 Fat-tailed Pseudoantechinus (Pseudoantechinus Historie of Four-footed Beastes,20 macdonnellensis), 38 Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus), 37 Ferntree Gully (Victoria), facing 53 Hoover, Richard, 170 Ferret (Mustela putorius), 102 Horn Expedition, 11, 35–8 fire Howitt, Alfred, 32, facing 37 approaches to control, 65 Hoyle, Frederick, 168 effect on species distribution, 68 Hunter, Tom, 76 effect on vegetation, 66–7 Huon Pine (Dacrydium franklinii), 70 European response, 64 Hutton, James, 148, 150 frequency, 64, 66–8 Huxley, Thomas Henry, 116 role in forest development, 63 dispute with Halford, 123–6 fish on natural selection, 116–17 Antarctic Icefish (Champocephalus gunnari), progressionism, 116–20, 119 110 on quadrumanous apes, 123–6 Broadnosed Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus Huygens, Christiaan, 162 cepedianus), facing 53 hydrocarbons in meteorites, 167 Spotted Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus hypsilophodontids, 103, 113, 114 maculatus), facing 53 Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopterax taeniolatus), I facing 85 indigenous knowledge Wolf Herring (Chirocentrus dorab), 11 Adnyamathanha (people), 34–5 Flannery, Tim, 27 Braiakaulung (people), 33, 33–4 Forest Wattle (Acacia frigiscens), 70 contribution to science, 30, 32, 38–40 forests, 58–9 Mutitlulu Community, 38 Mountain Ash, 59–62, 60, 68–70 recorded, 32 bacteria in, 61 Ritarango (people), facing 36 economic value, 81 insects natural development, 62–3, 81–2 aquatic, facing 52 role of fire in, 63 Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera Franklin, Jane, 31 eucalypti), 61, facing 68 Honeypot Ant (Camponotus inflatus), 37 G specimens, facing 132 Gaimard, Charles, 91 invertebrates, Galton, Peter, 113 see also insects, bacteria genetics, see molecular genetics Astacopsidrilus, 158 geological change, influence on distribution barking spider (Selenocosima crassipes), 38 of species, see biogeography echinoderms, 158 geological theory, 148–50 Macquarie Island Seastar (Crossaster Goanna (Varanus giganteus), 105 multispinus), 158, 158 Gondwana, 151–2 Neotrigonia margaritacea, 87, see also Gould, Elizabeth, 31, 31, facing 36 trigonia Gould, John, 31, facing 36 oligochaetes worms, 157 Gould’s Mouse (Mus gouldi), 36–7 Pseudoboeckella brevicaudata, 157–8 Great Pampa-Finch (Embernagra platensis), 3, Riffle Beetle (Sclerocyphon spp.), 43 5 Spelaeogriphacea, 147 Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis), 35–6, 36,72 velvet-worm (Peripatoides),61 Grizzled Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus), Water Penny (Sclerocyphon spp.), 43 facing 21, 27–8 introduced animals, 72 208 index © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86620-0 - Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History Danielle Clode Index More information Leaellynasaura amicagraphica, 104 Jenkins, H. M., 98, 99 adaptation to cold, 109–11 Jode, Gerard and Cornelis de, 22–4, 23, 27–8 brain, 104, 107–8 Johnson, Samuel, 14 fossils, 108 habitat, 108–9 K optic tectum, 111–14 kangaroo pineal-parietal complex, 107 Antilopine Wallaroo (Macropus antilopinus), Lesser Bilby (Macrotis leucura), 8, 29, 34–6 facing 36 Lindenmayer, David, 78 Banded Hare Wallaby (Lagostrophus Linnaeus, Carolus, 16, 20 fasciatus), 17, 18 Lombok, 135–6 Banks’ description of, 14, 16–17, 24 Long-haired Rat (Rattus villosissimus), 34 Black-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale Long-leaf Wax-flower (Eriostemon lateralis), 34 myoporoides), 61 Brown Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri), 27–8 Lowell, Percival, 161, 161–2, 171 classification,