Phascolarctos

Phascolarctos
A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) climbing a tree in Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phascolarctidae
Genus: Phascolarctos
Blainville, 1816
Type species
Lipurus cinereus
Species
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.

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ "Phascolarctos". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 August 2021.