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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 .
Observers have noted similarities between the drop bear and the specimen Thylacoleo. [7] Like the drop bear, Thylacoleo (also called the "marsupial lion") was a hypercarnivorous marsupial found only in Australia. A 2016 Nature study of claw marks in caves concluded the marsupial lions could climb rock faces as well as trees.
The rise of the drop bear. If the Drop Bears had been formed just 20 years later, they might not have had to explain their name so often. In the age of the internet, the myth of the drop bear has ...
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]
Two koala bears having a disagreement is a pretty unexpected sight -- and the sounds they make will surprise you, too. It's sort of a mix between a ticked off bird and a clown on helium. Swedish ...
The Phascolarctidae (φάσκωλος (phaskolos) - pouch or bag, ἄρκτος (arktos) - bear, from the Greek phascolos + arctos meaning pouched bear) is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the koala, [1] and six well-known fossil species, with another six less well known fossil species, and two fossil species of the genus Koobor, whose ...
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 ...
Bear: roar, growl Bear cub growl: Bee ... buzz Hummel bee Xylocopa pubescens (carpenter bee) offsprings: Big cat (Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard ... Koala: bellow ...