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Species profile—Phascolarctos cinereus (Phascolarctidae)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phascolarctidae (Koala) → Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)

Photos

  • Photo of Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) - Jones, K.,Ken Jones,2014
  • Map of Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) distribution - Butler, D. and Laidlaw, M.,DES,2012
  • Photo of Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) - Dollery, C.,QPWS,1997
  • Photo of Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) - Thomson, B.,Bruce Thomson
  • Photo of Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) - Queensland Government
  • Photo of Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) - Hogan, L.,Queensland Herbarium, DES,2003

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Phascolarctidae (Koala)
Species
Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
Alternate name
koala bear
monkey bear
native bear
Taxonomy Author
(Goldfuss, 1817)
Nature Conservation Act (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) status
Vulnerable
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Endemicity
Native
Other resources
Atlas of Living Australia

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 October 2014
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