Perikoala

Perikoala is an extinct genus of marsupials, related to the modern koala. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera Nimiokoala, Litokoala, and Phascolarctos, which contains the living koala.^[1]

Perikoala Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phascolarctidae
Genus:	†Perikoala Stirton, 1957

Two species are recognised:

• Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957^[2]
• Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987^[3][4]