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--> GENUS Phascolarctos
SPECIES Phascolarctos cinereus
Author: | Goldfuss, 1817. | Citation: | Die Säugethiere, pt. 65: pl. 155, Aa, Ac. | Common Name: | Koala | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales. | Distribution: | Australia: SE Queensland, E New South Wales, SE South Australia, and Victoria. Introduced on Kangaroo Isl, South Australia and at Yanchep, Western Australia. | Status: | U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subspecies are uncertain. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
adustus Thomas, 1923 flindersii Lesson, 1827 fuscus Desmarest, 1820 koala Gray, 1827 subiens (Burnett, 1830) victor Troughton, 1935
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