Phascolarctos
| Phascolarctos | |
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| A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) climbing a tree in Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | Phascolarctos Blainville, 1816 |
| Synonyms | |
Phascolarctos (from Ancient Greek phaskolos, referring to a pouch or bag, and arktos, meaning "bear") is a genus of marsupials containing only one extant species, the koala (P. cinereus).[1] The genus was named by French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1816.[2]
Species
- P. cinereus[1]
- †P. maris[1]
- †P. stirtoni[1]
- †P. yorkensis (formerly of the genus Cundokoala, now recognised as a junior synonym.)[1]