The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head. The word koala comes from the Dharug gula, meaning no water. The species is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
About Koala in brief
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of 60–85 cm and weighs 4–15 kg. The word koala comes from the Dharug gula, meaning no water. Koalas were hunted by Indigenous Australians and depicted in myths and cave art for millennia. The first recorded encounter between a European and a koala was in 1798, and an image of the animal was published in 1810 by naturalist George Perry. The animal was hunted heavily in the early 20th century for its fur, and large-scale cullings in Queensland resulted in a public outcry that initiated a movement to protect the species. The generic name, Phascolaros, is derived from the Greek words phaskolos and arktos. The specific name, cashurus, is Latin for PeramelidaeDasyaHypsiprymn moschatusPotoroeMacchatus. The species is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It was given its generic name because of the koala’s supposed resemblance to a bear, and because of its resemblance to the word “koala” in the Aboriginal word “dharug” (no water) It is also one of several Aboriginal words that made it into International English, alongside e g goo goo, e gangaroo, and kangaroo. It has also commonly been used in the alternative form \”koala bear\”, because it has a resemblance to an animal that looks like a bear and is often mistaken for a bear or a bear in some areas of the world, such as in the U.S.
and Canada, where it is known as a “kangaroo bear” The species was given the generic name casharus cinereus, Latin for “casharra”, which means “bear” or “bear”. It is the only extant representative of the familyPhascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which are members of thefamily Vombatidae. The Koala is found in coastal areas of Australia’s eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Because this eucalypt diet has limited nutritional and caloric content, koalas are largely sedentary and sleep up to 20 hours a day. They are asocial animals, and bonding exists only between mothers and dependent offspring. Adult males communicate with loud bellows that intimidate rivals and attract mates. Males mark their presence with secretions from scent glands located on their chests. They give birth to underdeveloped young that crawl into their mothers’ pouches, where they stay for the first six to seven months of their lives. These young koalalas, known as joeys, are fully weaned around a year old. They have few natural predators and parasites.
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