Phascolarctos
Genus of marsupials / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phascolarctos is a genus of marsupials with one extant species, the koala Phascolarctos cinereus, an iconic animal of Australia. Several extinct species of the genus are known from fossil material, these were also large tree dwellers that browsed on Eucalyptus leaves.
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Phascolarctos | |
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A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) climbing a tree in Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Phascolarctidae |
Genus: | Phascolarctos Blainville, 1816 |
Type species | |
Lipurus cinereus | |
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