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The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae .
In 2000, Australia ranked fifth in the world by deforestation rates, having cleared 564,800 hectares (1,396,000 acres). [9]: 220–222 The distribution of the koala has shrunk by more than 50% since European arrival, largely due to fragmentation of habitat in Queensland. [10]
Palorchestes, a genus of the extinct marsupial family Palorchestidae, which are closely related to wombats and koalas in the suborder Vombatiformes, was nicknamed the "marsupial tapir" due to the shape of the animal's nasal bones, which was presumed that they possessed a short proboscis, [63] like those of placental tapirs today. Mongooses bear ...
Koalas have had a change in status due to droughts, floods, wildfires, and habitat loss. The 2019 and 2020 bushfire seasons killed nearly 60,000 koalas. Koalas are now listed as 'endangered,' as ...
Even without the drop bears, Australia is famous for its deadly creatures, including a wide variety of sharks, snakes and two of the world’s most poisonous spiders.
The tail of koalas is almost absent, an unusual characteristic for a tree climbing mammal, although other anatomical features are well suited to that habitat. They have some resemblance to the wombats , a family of large terrestrial marsupials which are allied with koalas as Vombatiformes .
A dog is using a unique skill to help koalas living in areas of Australia that have been devastated by bushfires. A dog is using his nose to save koalas affected by the Australia bushfires Skip to ...
The Vombatiformes are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia.Seven of the nine known families within this suborder are extinct; only the families Phascolarctidae, with the koala, and Vombatidae, with three extant species of wombat, survive.