Koala
Phascolartos cinereus / Koala
- Habitat
- Eucalyptus forests
- Continent
- Australia
- Food
- Eucalyptus
- Gestation/breeding period
- 35 days
- Mode of life
- Solitary
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Diprotodontia
Key facts
60 - 80 cm
size
4 - 9 kg
weight
~ 15 years
age
How endangered are Koalas?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
-
Vulnerable Vulnerable - Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The koala sleeps and rests up to 20 hours a day.
Koala on the zoo tour
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