tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post6695659068325231017..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: Barrallier's MonkeyChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-69956987023252097632015-05-16T08:25:48.242+08:002015-05-16T08:25:48.242+08:00I'd need to get my hand on a copy first. Anyon...I'd need to get my hand on a copy first. Anyone willing to send me one?Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-71604151628560548542015-05-15T14:33:42.021+08:002015-05-15T14:33:42.021+08:00"Three subspecies of koala have been recognis...<i>"Three subspecies of koala have been recognised, but these probably represent clinal variations rather than geographically discrete units (Houlden </i>et al<i>. 1999)."<br /></i><br /><br />We'll know the answer to that in about a month or so, when <a href="http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/7122.htm" rel="nofollow">this volume</a> is published. ;)<br /><br />Any hope of you reviewing that book here at CoO?Dartiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-16474138600819067592015-04-12T21:00:58.351+08:002015-04-12T21:00:58.351+08:00Considering that Barrallier never saw the head of ...Considering that Barrallier never saw the head of the 'colo', it'd not surprising that he didn't make the bear comparison that is more common today. And as koalas come down to ground level very rarely, most colonials would have probably still only known them as indistinct animals moving in the canopy.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-40957103657533294422015-04-12T17:31:40.492+08:002015-04-12T17:31:40.492+08:00Thanks. I learn from Wiktionary that another early...Thanks. I learn from Wiktionary that another early colonial name as "native monkey", so Barrallier apparently wasn't alone in thinking the animal a monkey.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-34965333466107484442015-04-11T20:01:35.535+08:002015-04-11T20:01:35.535+08:00I think so. According to Wikipedia, the original D...I think so. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>, the original Dharug word is 'gula'. I don't know if the men Barrallier was told the word by were speaking Dharug or not, but 'colo' doesn't seem too far from 'gula'. The change of the -oo sound to an -oa was apparently an error on the part of British authors that stuck. The earliest name recorded for koalas by a British author was apparently 'cullawine', which I personally think has a nice ring to it.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-36575943990127781372015-04-11T16:40:56.869+08:002015-04-11T16:40:56.869+08:00Would Barrallier's "colo" be cognate...Would Barrallier's "colo" be cognate with modern "koala"?Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.com