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/Home/Sciences/Life Sciences/Animals & Pets/Wildlife/Marsupials/Koala Bears Welcome to - Perth Zoo - Western Australia Votes:0 "; sStop = " Read More Go to Site ABC-KID.com - Koala Pictures For Kids Votes:0 Animals Ants Bats Bees Beetles Canary Chameleon Cheetah Chimpanzee Cougar Cows Crab Crocodile Crow/Raven Deer Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dolphins Duck Eagles Elephant Flamingo Fox Frogs Giraffe Goat Goldfish Great White Shark Grizzly Bear Hamster Hippopotamus Horses Kangaroo More...... WHAT IS THE KOALA? Koalas aren't bears. The koala is a mammal related to the kangaroo and wombat. The reason the koala is called a koala bear is because the koala looks like a teddy bear. The koala's scientific name is Phasclarctos cinereus. Now there are only 2,000 to 8,000 koalas in the wild! Although not officially classified as endangered, the population of Australian koalas has dropped by 90% in less than a decade! Page1 | Page2 | Page3 | Page4 Buy this poster at art.com Buy this poster at art.com Buy this pos Read More Go to Site ADW: Phascolarctos cinereus: Information Votes:0 Overview News Technology Conditions of Use Privacy Policy Partners & Contributors Awards & Recognition ADW Staff Contact Us Spinning Skulls About Mammals Frog Calls Resources for College Instructors Resources for K-12 Instructors Contribute to ADW What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and Serial Number Organismal classification: evolutionary relationships & ranks Glossary Search Guide Related Links Contact Us Report an Error Structured Inquiry Search — preview Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Diprotodontia Suborder Vombatiformes Family Phascolarctidae Species Phascolarctos cinereus Phascolarctos cinereus koala Information Pictures Specimens Classification 2007/11/19 06:49:58.816 US/Eastern By Je Read More Go to Site Australia's Lost Kingdoms - Koala Votes:0 Australia's Lost Kingdoms Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present Australia's Lost Kingdoms site sections Australia's Lost Kingdoms home In this section Cretaceous Eocene Early to middle Miocene Late Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene Holocene Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus ) Koala. Photo: Denise Grieg/Nature Focus © Australian Museum Lived: 4 million years ago (Pliocene) to the present Size: Length (head and body): up to 80cm Description: The Koala is Australia's most famous marsupial. It is sometimes called a koala bear, but it has no relationship to bears, which are placental mammals. Koalas eat the leaves of several kinds of eucalypt tree, including the River Red Gum and the Blue Gum. They rarely drink water, getting most of the moisture they need from their Read More Go to Site Australia's Lost Kingdoms - Riversleigh Rainforest Koala Votes:0 Australia's Lost Kingdoms Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present Australia's Lost Kingdoms site sections Australia's Lost Kingdoms home In this section Cretaceous Eocene Early to middle Miocene Late Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene Holocene Riversleigh Rainforest Koala (Nimiokoala greystanesi) Riversleigh Rainforest Koala. Illustration: Copyright © A Musser. Lived: 16-10 million years ago (middle Miocene) Size: Length (head and body): 25-30cm Description: The Riversleigh rainforest Koala lived in the trees and munched on tough leaves, like its closest living relative, the Koala. But whereas today's Koala lives in dry forests, the Riversleigh rainforest Koala lived in rainforests. Another difference between this little koala and the modern Koala is Size: the Read More Go to Site Critter of the Day Votes:0 #globalNavWrapper { height: 24px; } #globalNavWrapper #secNav { top: 24px; } #globalNavWrapper .hr { /* submenu dividers */ /* omitted in non-IE */ } Care2 member? Login or become a member! My Care2 main My Page My Account My Friends My Messages My Groups My Share Network My Photos My News My PetitionSite My e-Cards My Click to Donate People main Photos Share Events Singles Invite Friends My Page My Friends My Network Groups main Create a Group My Groups News Network main Popular Stories Newly Submitted My News Green Living main Healthy Home Food & Recipes Personal Care Spirituality Family Pets Backyard Getting Around Neighborhood Newsletters e-Cards main Sent Cards Favorites Future Cards Shopping main Store Index Local Green Pages Care2 Originals Petitions main Sign a Petition Create a Pe Read More Go to Site EFTel - Australian Internet Service Provider ISP, Broadband ADSL Votes:0 EFTel announces the roll out of VDSL2, the fastest broadband network currently available, to the Australian market. For further information, please click here . About EFTel. EFTel Ltd is one of Australia’s largest telecommunications suppliers. We provide telephone and Internet services to over 120,000 customers throughout Australia. In addition, our wholesale division DFT Wholesale Internet provides services to approximately a quarter of Australian ISPs. We have a proven commitment to providing first-class services in regional Australia as well as metropolitan areas. Can I get ADSL? © 2005 EFTel Limited ABN 47 073 238 178 | Investor relations | Terms & Conditions | Privacy | Sitemap | Online Safety // Provide alternate content for browsers that do not support scripting // or for thos Read More Go to Site Koala Votes:0 A baby koala weighs half a gram at birth! Koala Facts Koalas breed March through September and a single young is born after 35 days. (Twins are very rare!) A baby koala is called a cub. Here's looking at you kid! Catching a couple of zzzzzz! Brotherly love!!! Yum! Eucalyptus leaves! Koala Facts They eat almost all eucalyptus leaves and barely drink water because they obtain it through the leaves. Koalas have a VERY strict diet. About 3/4 of their diet is eucalyptus leaves but they can, and will eat other things. Their main water source is the eucalyptus leaves because they are 50% water. Good candy! I don't think so! Koalas are not bears!!!! They are marsupials! Koalas sleep up to 18 hours a day! WOW!!! High living! Good Day, Mate! Koala Facts Koalas are very different than us, but they ar Read More Go to Site Koala Votes:0 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus A hundred years ago, millions of these marsupials (animals that carry their young in a pouch) existed in Australia, and it was a popular sport to shoot them out of the trees. They were easy targets, as the presence of people doesn't seem to disturb them and they are placid and friendly by nature. In the early part of this century, millions of these animals were slaughtered for their soft, durable, silver-grey fur, and were approaching the point of extinction when the Australian government passed protective legislation which may enable the koala to make a comeback. Koalas feed exclusively on the leaves of eucalyptus trees and become so saturated with the essential oils of this plant that they smell just like cough drops. Female koalas give birth to a single offs Read More Go to Site Koala (Koala Bear) - Phascolarctos cinerus Votes:0 Koala (Koala Bear, Bangaroo, New Holland Sloth) Can get chlamydia, just like humans Order: Diprotodontia Prev. Marsupialia Family: Phascolarctidae prev. Phalangeridae Genus & Species: Phascolarctos cinerus APPEARANCE Koalas are small, furry marsupials of Australia that resemble a cross between a bear and a sloth. In habits they resemble the loris and the sloth. And yet they carry their underdeveloped young in a pouch, making them marsupials like the wombat or opossum. Sexual dimorphism is present in this species, with the males being larger than the females. They grow to heights of 24-30 in (60-75 cm). The males weigh 14.3-26 lbs (6.5-11.8 kg) , and the females weigh 11.2-17.4 lbs (5.1-7.9 kg). The koalas in the north are smaller than those in the south. Koalas are unusual looking mammals. Read More Go to Site Koala -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife Votes:0 Images of koala koala in the Winter [42k jpg] koala with chicks [81k gif] --> Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 1-800-385-9712 defenders@mail.defenders.org STATUS: Vulnerable. DESCRIPTION: Koalas have soft, wool-like fur that is gray above and white below. Their fur is mostly white on the underside below the neck, and their ears have long white hairs on the tips. The koala resembles a bear, but is actually a marsupial, a special kind of mammal which carries its young in a pouch. SIZE: Koalas are rather small, round animals. They weigh about 30 pounds and on average grow to be 2 feet tall. POPULATION: There are fewer than 100,000 koalas. LIFESPAN: Koalas can live as long as 17 years, although high mortality rates (due to car fatalities and dogs) for males Read More Go to Site Koala Bear - Interesting facts about the Australian Koala Bear - Koala Toy Votes:0 Koalas aren't bears as many people are led to believe. They aren't even related to bears. The koala is related to the kangaroo and the wombat. The koala is a mammal. The reason the koala is called a koala bear is because the koala looks like a teddy bear. The koala's scientific name is Phasclarctos cinereus. Now there are only 2,000 to 8,000 koalas in the wild! Although not officially classified as endangered, the population of Australian koalas has dropped by 90% in less than a decade! This is due to the destruction of the koala's natural habitat, a narrow crescent on the eastern coast of Australia. Logging, agriculture and urban development have not only reduced the area available to them, but added other dangers. The koala's habitat has been criss-crossed by roads, resulting in many roa Read More Go to Site Koala Bear - Phascolarctos cinereus Votes:0 Koala Bear Genus: Phascolarctos Species: cinereus This fuzzy marsupial is very muscular, quite lean, and is about 33 inches long. It has a fuzzy coat of fur, big floppy ears, and almost no tail! It's got a stubby little nose, small yellow, beady eyes, and strong bones to support its heavy body while climbing trees. Now you may wonder; how much do those strong bones have to support? Well, the females weigh between 13.2 and 24.2 lbs., while the male weigh between 17.6 and 30.8 lbs. The koala has rough paws that act as traction so they don't slip and fall off the trees while hurrying away from predators that lurk beneath the trees. Each paw has 5 digits. The back paw consists of two "fingers" that are joined together to form a "grooming paw". These help it get rid of off twigs or tics that ma Read More Go to Site Koala Printout- EnchantedLearning.com Votes:0 Advertisement. EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Click here to learn more. Become a member of Enchanted Learning. Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card ) $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal ) $20.00/year or other amount (for sending a check by mail ) $20.00/year or other amount (for subscribing by school purchase order ) As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. ) EnchantedLearning.com More Mammal Printouts EnchantedLearning.com Koala Animal Printouts Label Me! Print Read More Go to Site Koala, Kangaroo, Kookaburra,Platypus, Wombat & Emu Page Votes:0 THE CUDDLY KOALA Why not browse the AU Shop - "you will find something for everyone." Browse to see what books are available on our beautiful animals What about the Sydney Olympics Search for other titles Titles such as : Kookaburra (Picture Roo Books Series) Joey: The Story of a Baby Kangaroo I am a Little Kangaroo Playing Possum: Riddles about kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials. High in the Tree The Koala is NOT a Bear I am a Little Koala Bouncy, Big and Furry (What am I?) VHS and Music Kool Songs Kangaroo Kids Singalong Series Koala Bear Magic Video Encyclopedia of Mammals Wombat Divine Possum Magic Although sometimes known as the native bear, the koala is in fact no relation to the bear family. The koala is a nocturnal, tree dwelling marsupial mammal, which feeds almost e Read More Go to Site koala. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Votes:0 Select Search ----- All Bartleby.com ----- All Reference ----- Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. 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Name: Queensland Koala Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinerus adustrus Range: Australia Habitat: Trees Status: Verge of 'rare and vulnerable" Diet in the Wild: Eucalyptus Diet in the Zoo: Eucalyptus Location in the Zoo:? Koala Outback Reproduction and Growth The Koala breeds 1 to 2 times per year. The gestation period is about 35 days and the usual litter size is 1 joey, but twins have been reported. At birth the Koala weighs 5.7 grams and is about the size of a thumbnail. The Koalas are "pouched" mammals. At birth the young find their way to the pouch and remain there for up to 7 m Read More Go to Site Koalas Votes:0 Koalas Koalas Joeys The first thing you need to know, is that koalas are not related to the bear. So there! A joey (a young koala) takes 30 days to be born. When the joey is born, he is the size of half a nickel. After he is born, the joey uses its strong front legs in order to crawl to the pouch, which opens from the back. Once inside the pouch, the joey attaches itself to the source of milk, the nipple. The joey stays there for 7 months. After the 7 months, the joey comes out of the pouch for the first time. He is 8 inches long and is covered with fur. Soon after the koala has come out of the pouch, he starts eating the eucalyptus leaves. A Koala's Modern Life A full grown koala is 3 feet long, but most adults are 2 feet long. They weigh between 10 and 20 pounds and might live for 20 yea Read More Go to Site Koalas: Animal Information, Pictures, Map--National Geographic Kids Votes:0 Parents: Subscriptions NG Kids Shop NationalGeographic.com Visit our store F U N F A C T S Koalas are marsupials, related to kangaroos. Most marsupials have pouches where the tiny newborns develop. A koala mother usually gives birth to one joey at a time. A newborn koala is only the size of a jelly bean. Called a joey, the baby is blind, naked, and earless. As soon as it’s born, this tiny creature makes its way from the birth canal to its mother’s pouch. Using the two well-developed senses it’s born with—smell and touch—along with its strong front legs and claws and an instinct that tells it which direction to head, the baby koala reaches the pouch. There it stays, safely tucked away, growing and developing for about seven months. After a baby has been in the pouch Read More Go to Site Koalas; The name Koala is thought to mean " no drink " in several Aboriginal languages. Water is obtained through leaves the koala eats. They do occasionaly drink from streams. Votes:0 Receive the latest Pet News, Entertainment and Giveaways by subscribing to our FREE monthly newsletter ?The Scoop?! Your privacy is protected and we will never misuse your e-mail address. Information On Koalas Koala Information Koalas are nocturnal, as are most marsupials. They awake when the sun sets. Koalas are by nature arboreal, living peacefully and almost solitary lives, in the tops of the eucalyptus trees. They have one of the most specialized diets of any living mammal; it feeds almost exclusively on the leaves of a small number of species of the eucalyptus. The gestation period for a marsupial is only thirty four to thirty six days. The young when born is in a embryonic form. When born the undeveloped young, called a joey, a single offspring in the case of the koala, is smaller th Read More Go to Site Queensland Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adustus) Votes:0 theBIGzoo Only theBIGcastle Only theBIGgalaxy Only All Sites Home : Zoo : Mammals : Marsupials : Koala :Queensland Koala Photo Panel Koala eating Click Here to Use This Photo Quick Facts Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Marsupialia Family: Phascolarctidae Genus: Phascolarctos Species: cinereus Subspecies: adustus Height: 30 inches Weight: 26 lbs Gestation: 34 - 36 days Offspring: 1 Life Span: 13 years Sponsored Links Queensland Koala Phascolarctos cinereus adustus Eating (603 KB) Koalas spend most of their lives in trees. Their large paws have strong claws that they use to get a grip on limbs. They can climb by gripping a branch with their front paws and bringing their back paws up to their front. Then they move their front claws up and repeat this motion. This mot Read More Go to Site SAVE THE KOALA! Votes:0 KOALA! Koalas aren't bears. They aren't even related to bears. The koala is related to the kangaroo. The koala is a mammal. The koala can only live in one place in the world... SAVE THE KOALA! Now there are only 2,000 to 8,000 koalas in the wild! Although not officially classified as endangered, the population of the beloved koala has dropped by 90% in less than a decade! This is due to the destruction of their natural habitat, a narrow crescent on the eastern coast of Australia. Logging, agriculture and urban development have not only reduced the area available to them, but added other dangers. Their habitat has been criss-crossed by roads, resulting in many road kills, and attacks by neighboring pet dogs now are frequent. Disease, too, has taken its toll. 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CONTACT US PRIVACY POLICY ABOUT US SITE MAP Read More Go to Site Teeth Tell a Tale Votes:0 Bettong Bandicoot Chuditch Tasmanian Devil Koala Wombat Compare Sizes Home We can find out about how animals live by looking at their teeth. Look at the diagram of the dog's teeth and then go to the other examples of skulls and teeth and compare each group of teeth (incisors, canines and molars) to see how they are modified for different types of food. Let's look at a dog's skull - a familiar animal, to get an idea of the basic structure of a skull and jaws and the arrangement of teeth. The upper jaw is formed from the base of the skull. The lower jaw is made up of two bones which are loosely fused at the front and on each side (left and right) is hinged behind with muscles to the back of the skull. Movement of these muscles works the lower jaw up-and-down and in some animals sideways as w Read More Go to Site ThinkQuest : Site Unavailable Votes:0 Think.com ThinkQuest Library Library Competition Website Currently Unavailable We're sorry, but the ThinkQuest Library site you are trying to access is currently unavailable. It has been taken offline for maintenance. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The ThinkQuest Library includes over 5000 educational websites on hundreds of different topics. Please visit the ThinkQuest Library to see if one of the other sites includes the information you need. If you are the creator of this site and you have additional questions, please contact us and be sure to provide your teamID or the url of your site. Unfortunately, we will not be able to help if you do not include the name of the site, url, or teamID to help us identify the site. Thank you for your pa Read More Go to Site Year 3 Excursion to Daisy Hill Koala Centre Votes:0 The Year 3 classses at Rochedale State School recently went on an Excursion to Daisy Hill Forest to have a look at the Koala Centre there. Daisy Hill Forest is only about 5 minutes from our school and the bushland area between Daisy Hill and Redland Bay is the most significant remaining koala habitat in Queensland. Our two Year 3 classes visited Daisy Hill Forest to gather information about koalas. The children walked along the boardwalk to the Koala Centre. Ranger Donna explained all about koalas - their description, habitat, food and reproduction. They learnt lots of interesting facts, especially that koalas love dirt! The children could observe orphaned koalas which are cared for at Daisy Hill, from the Observation Deck inside the Centre. Here's one of the orphaned koalas with its favou Read More Go to Site Zoobooks - The Encyclopedia of Animals Votes:0 Animals A - Z - Koalas Koalas Koalas look so much like living teddy bears that many people call them koala bears. But koalas are not bears at all. They are members of an unusual group of mammals called marsupials. Like all marsupials, koalas have pouches they use for carrying their babies. And the only thing cuter than a fuzzy, friendly- looking koala is a sleepy koala baby peering out of its mother's pouch. How they hunt. The only thing a koala will hunt is its favorite eucalyptus tree. When it has found a suitable tree, the koala is not likely to climb down to the ground again until the leaf supply is diminished or it decides to take a drink from a stream. Koalas are very awkward on the ground, but can be as fast as a rabbit. What they eat. Koalas are very particular about the species of Read More Go to Site

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