Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Mammalia
VULNERABLE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 13-18 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- Australia
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Vulnerable
About
An arboreal marsupial native to eastern Australia, the koala spends up to 20 hours a day sleeping in eucalyptus trees, whose toxic leaves make up almost its entire diet.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Phascolarctidae
- Genus
- Phascolarctos
- Species
- Phascolarctos cinereus