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The koala is found in coastal areas of the island's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, dark nose.
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 type species, the modern koala, was named as Lipurus cinereus by G. A. Goldfuss in 1817, later combined as Phascolarctos cinereus. [5] Goldfuss published this name with a reproduction of John Lewin's 1803 illustration of the species in New South Wales. An accepted synonymy of other generic names referring to Phascolarctos was published in ...
A koala rescued from a busy industrial area bounded away and rushed toward a tree after being released to a safer habitat in southern Adelaide, South Australia, video from Southern Koala Rescue ...
A “highly distressed” koala was released back to the wild, two weeks after being rescued by a wildlife sanctuary having become stranded up a tree in a New South Wales yard while three dogs lay ...
A wide-eyed koala mom stares into the eyes of a smaller koala. The mother-son duo had been separated for six months while the mother was sick, and a video captured the moment they reunited at a ...
The giant koala (Phascolarctos stirtoni) is an extinct arboreal marsupial which existed in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. Phascolarctos stirtoni was about one-third larger than the contemporary koala, P. cinereus, [2] and has an estimated weight of 13 kg (29 lb), which is the same weight as a large contemporary male koala.
A koala was excited to get back to her usual surroundings after a health check at an Australian wildlife sanctuary earlier this month.Footage by Port Stephens Koalas shared on May 4 shows the ...