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
Goldfuss, 1817[1]
Species
Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817), koala
†Phascolarctos maris N. S. Pledge. 1987.
†Phascolarctos stirtoni Bartholomai 1968.
†Phascolarctos yorkensis (Black and Archer, 1997)
Synonyms[2]
Draximenus Anonymous, 1829
Draximenus Lay, 1825
Koala Schinz, 1821
Kola Gray, 1821
Lipurus Goldfuss, 1817
Liscurus McMurtrie, 1834
Morodactylus Goldfuss, 1820
Phascolarctus Brookes, 1828
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.
^Goldfuss, G.A. 1817. In Schreber, J.C.D. von (1774–1855). Die Säugethiere, in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Fortgesetzt von A. Goldfuss. 65e cahier. [pl. 155 Aa Bb]
^"Phascolarctos". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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