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Koalas are marsupials found in Australia.
Koala Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phascolarctidae
Genus: Phascolarctos
Species: Cinereus
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Other Names: Koala Bear, Monkey Bear,
Native Bear, and Tree-bear
Foreign Names for Koala
Albanian: Koalë
Bosnian: Koala
Croatian: Koala
Czech: Koala / Medvídek
Danish: Koala
Dutch: Koala / Koalabeer / Koalabeertje
Estonian: Koaala
Finnish: Pussikarhu / Koala
French: Koala
German: Koala
Hungarian: Koala
Icelandic: Pokabjörn
Indonesian: Koala
Irish: Cóála
Italian: Koala
Latvian: Koala
Lithuanian: Koala
Malay: Koala
Navajo: Shash Biza'azis Hólóní
Norwegian: Koala
Polish: Koala
Portuguese: Coala
Romanian: Koala
Slovakian: Koala
Slovenian: Koala
Spanish: Koala
Swedish: Koala
Turkish: Koala
Vietnamese: Koala
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Koala
Conservation Status:
Threatened 
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Size: Koala bears are between 2-3 feet tall
and can weigh 9 - 30 lbs. Male koalas are larger than
their female counterparts.
Habitat: Koalas are found in southeastern and
eastern Australia. They live in the eucalyptus forests.
Description: Koalas have soft, wool-like fur
that is gray and white. Koalas have small rotund bodies.
Diet: Koalas are herbivores, in fact koalas
eat only eucalyptus leaves. Koalas will eat about two
and a half pounds of eucalyptus leaves a day.
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Communication: Koalas use a range of
sounds to communicate with one another. They will
also mark trees with their scent as a form of
communication.
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Did You Know?
Koala's spend up to 75% of their time
sleeping, they can sleep up to 18 hours
a day!
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Gestation: Koala bears carry their young for
34-36 days.
Birth: Koalas give birth to a single baby at
a time that weighs only .015 to .035 ounces at birth.
Sexually Mature: Koalas are sexually mature
between 2 to 3 years of age.
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Life Span: The average life span of koalas
is 13-18 years.
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Did You Know?
Koalas eat so many eucalyptus leaves
that they often take on a distinctive
odor from the eucalyptus oil and can
smell like cough drops.
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Social Structure: The Koala is a solitary animal
with distinctive home territories, ocassionally territories
will overlap.
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