| Perikoala Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | †Perikoala Stirton, 1957 |
Perikoala is an extinct genus of marsupials, related to the modern koala. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera Nimiokoala, Litokoala, and Phascolarctos, which contains the living koala.[1]
Two species are recognised:
- Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957[2]
- Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987[3][4]
- ^ John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. p. 79. ISBN 0868404357.
- ^ "Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957 (koala)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ M. O. Woodburne, R. H. Tedford, M. Archer and N. S. Pledge. 1987. Madakoala, A new genus and two species of Miocene Koala (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from South Australia, and a new species of Perikoala. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 1:293-317
- ^ "Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987 (koala)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 February 2022.