Scientific name Phascolarctos | Phylum Chordata Lifespan Koala: 13 – 18 years Mass Koala: 4 – 15 kg Rank Genus | |
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Similar Koala, Marsupial, Phascolarctidae, Mammal, Diprotodontia | ||
Phascolarctos cinereus koala feeding climbing
Phascolarctos (from Ancient Greek phaskolos, referring to a pouch or bag, and arktos, meaning "bear") is a genus of marsupials containing only one extant species, the koala (P. cinereus). The genus was named by French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1816.
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