Species profile—Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Phascolarctidae (Koala) → Phascolarctos cinereus (koala)
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Sighting data
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
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- 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 4.0.
https://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.
