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The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia.
Koala conservation organisations, programs and government legislation are concerned with the declining population of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), a well known Australian marsupial found in gum trees. The Australian government declared the species as endangered by extinction in 2022.
The koala is listed in national conservation legislation as "Phascolarctos cinereus (combined populations of Qld, NSW and the ACT)", previously determined in 2012 to be "a species for the purposes of the EPBC act 1999" . [7] The koala was classified as Least Concern on the Red List, and reassessed as Vulnerable in 2014. [8]
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 ...
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Koalas don't have sweat glands, and during times of high heat and low rainfall, the animals simply can't endure the evaporation caused by panting or licking. Well, no wonder koalas love to hang ...
Trypanosoma irwini is a blood parasite of koalas. [1] First discovered in 2009 by Linda M. McInnes and her peers, it was named in honor of Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter". [2] The study done by McInnes et al. was the first to describe a Trypanosoma species from koalas.
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