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Koala

Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Phascolarctidae
Species : Phascolarctos cinereus

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is found on the East coast of Australia. It's scientific name comes from phaskolos meaning "pouch" and; arktos meaning "bear". The Koala's original name was "New Holland Sloth" and also called it the "Koalo Bear", but also the "Ursine Sloth" because of the bear-like shape of the neck and the shoulders. They almost solely feed on eucalyptus leaves, a strange evolutionary twist since eucalyptus leaves are low in protein and hard to digest and toxic (!?!). Koalas have, just like wombats and sloths, a very low metabolic rate, they only are active 4 hours a day, the other sleeping and resting. Threatened by excessive hunting for its fur, the species almost became extinct in the 20th century. The increase in population of humans in the area threatens the koala population, since the koalas require large connected forests to ensure genetic diversity and humans bring along roads and cut forests. On Kangaroo Island in Australia the opposite problem exists, there are too many, mainly because of the absence of predators. There are already four times the number of koalas the island can support according to some biologists. The popularity of the Koala has made the possibility of a cull politically improbable (read more on Koala cull: the Kangaroo Island controversy).

Image of the koala: A Koala climbing up a tree. Taken on the 28th of July, 2004 in Cape Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License

Facts about the koala

enlarge image Restless Sleepers Teddy bear of Australia, the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is probably the most well known marsupial in the world with kangaroos and opossums running a close second.

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Koalas Koalas are mammals that eat eucualpulates leaves from the eucualpulates tree (which also can be called the blue gum), they also eat buds but mainly their diets are the eucualputes leaves.

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The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal mammal found only in Australia. (Full text)

The koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, is a marsupial mammal in the phalanger family, Phalangeridae. (Full text)

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Printouts > The Koala is a small marsupial that lives in eucalyptus (gum) trees in Australia. (Full text)

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a tree dwelling marsupial that feeds almost exclusively on eucalypt leaves. (Full text)

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is found in eucalypt forests ranging from the tropical north to the (Full text)

Koala is not a bear but a marsupial. (Full text)

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The koala is related to the kangaroo and the wombat. (Full text)

Phascolarctos cinereus is not listed on Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act and thus populations of P. (Full text)

The Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus is not listed on Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, and thus populations of Phascolarctos cinereus are eligible for listing on Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Act. (Full text)

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Koalas; The name Koala is thought to mean " no drink " in several Aboriginal languages. (Full text)

The koala Phascolarctos cinereus is an animal which feeds primarily, but not exclusively, on the genus Eucalyptus. (Full text)

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The koala is a small bear-like, tree-dwelling, herbivorous marsupial which averages about 9kg (20lb) in weight. (Full text)

Phascolarctos cinereus is a koala bear and it lives in Australia. (Full text)

But koalas are not bears at all. (Full text)