Phascolarctos
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A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) climbing a tree in Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia | |
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Phascolarctos
Blainville, 1816
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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]
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