Species profile—Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phascolarctidae (Koala) → Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Phascolarctidae (Koala)
- Scientific name
- Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
- Common name
- koala
- Type reference
- Goldfuss, G.A. (1817). in Schreber, J.C.D. von (1774-1855). Die Saugethiere, in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 860
- Alternate name(s)
- koala bear
monkey bear
native bear - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=860
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
