Koalas

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Phascolarctos cinereus

Welcome to a collection of facts and pictures of koalas and other Australian animals. Use these for your school assignments, windows wallpaper or screen saver or simply enjoy the beautiful creatures we share this earth with.

No doubt, the koala is Australia's most loved animal. A koala may look like your Teddy Bear - so many people call it a koala bear. The little fellow speaks little English but the last time it had a chat with Dr Doolittle, it was quite indignant about this misnomer. "I am a vegetarian marsupial" it said; "not a hibernating carnivore. I live in trees, and just in case you doubt by credentials, have a look at my family tree:".

  • Kingdom: Animal (I am not a vegetable !)
    • Phylum: Vertebrata (I have a back bone - unlike snails and crabs)
      • Class: Mammillae (I feed my babies milk)
        • Sub-Class: Marsupialia (My joeys live in a pouch)
          • Order: Diprotodontia
            • Sub-Order: Vombatiformes (I am related to wombats)
              • Infra order: Phascolarctomorphia
                • Family: Phascolarctidae
                  • Genus: Phascolarctos (pronounced fas'-koh-lark-'tos which means "pouched-bear"
                    • Species: cenereus

"What a pedigree! I reckon you might call me Sir, thank you very much! And since I live in trees, you might as well throw in Your Highness, Sir Koala the Great!"

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