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Koala
arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a plant-eating marsupial. They live in the eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia.[5] They are the only living species in the family Phascolarctidae.[6] They are related to the wombats.
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Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) | |
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Koalas are often called koala bears, because a koala looks like a small bear or teddy bear. However, it is not a bear, it is quite a different type of animal.[5][7]