Phascolarctidae

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Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos cinereus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Suborder: Vombatiformes Family: Phascolarctidae Owen, 1839
Genera
†Litokoala †Koobor †Perikoala †?Cundokoala †?Nimiokoala †Madakoala Phascolarctos

Phascolarctidae is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting only of one extant species, the Koala, six well known fossil species, with another 5 less well known fossil species known and 2 fossil species whose taxonomy is debatable but is put in this group. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.

[edit] Classification

Family Phascolarctidae

•  ?Genus Cundokoala
  • †C. yorkensis
•  ?Genus Nimiokoala
  • †N. greystanesi
• Genus Madakoala
  • †M. robustus
  • †M wellsi
  • †M. devisi
• Genus Litokoala
  • †L. kutjamarpensis
  • †L. Kanunkaensis
• Genus Koobor
  • †K. jimbarrati
  • †K. notabilis
• Genus Perikoala
  • †P. palankarinnica
  • †P. robustus
• Genus Phascolarctos
  • †P. maris
  • P. cinereus - Koala
  • †P. stirtoni - Giant Koala

[edit] References

• Walton, D. W. Ed. 1987. Fauna of Australia, Volume 1A. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. ISBN 0-644-06055-7
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 43. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.