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From Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy   1 May 1862

Melbourne bot. Garden

1. May 1862.

Sir

I have the honor to inform you in reply to your communication of the 16. April,1 that the Council of the Acclimation Society is prepared to forward to the botanic & zoologic Garden of Adelaide at present the following animals2

1 pair Fallow deer.

2 Llamas (castrated)

1 Indian Porcupine

1 Wonga Wonga Pigeon

1 pair Bronzewinged Pigeons

The Council expresses simultaneously a wish, that the zoological Collections under their surveillance may be supplemented from South Australia, whenever a favorable opportunity for such a purpose presents itself, by the following there indigenous animals:

the Phascolomys latifrons (or Ph. Hilairü)3

the Kangaroo Island Wallaby.

the Red Kangaroo.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller, M.D.,

Vice President of the Victorian Acclimation Society.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c

1

See M to J. O'Shanassy, 17 April 1862, and notes thereto.

2

See G. Sprigg to M, 30 April 1862.

3

In M to I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 21 January 1861, M proposed the name P. Saint-Hilaire for a supposed new species of wombat from SA.

Please cite as “FVM-62-05-01a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/62-05-01a