Phascolarctos cinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: Phascolarctidae
Genus: Phascolarctos
Species: Phascolarctos cinereus

Name

Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales

Synonyms

Phascolarctos flindersii Lesson, 1827
Phascolarctos fuscus Desmarest, 1820
Phascolarctos koala Gray, 1827
Phascolarctos cinereus adustus Thomas, 1923
Phascolarctos cinereus victor Troughton, 1935
Koala subiens (Burnett, 1830)

References

Price, G.J. 2008: Is the modern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) a derived dwarf of a Pleistocene giant? Implications for testing megafauna extinction hypotheses. Quaternary science reviews, 27: 2516–2521. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.026
Phascolarctos cinereus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Die Säugethiere, pt. 65, pl. 155, Aa, Ac.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Phascolarctos cinereus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
IUCN: Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldffus, 1817) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

aragonés: Koala
беларуская: Каала
Deutsch: Koala
English: Koala
español: Koala
suomi: Koala, pussikarhu
français: Koala
galego: Coala
hrvatski: Koala
italiano: Koala
日本語: コアラ
한국어: 코알라
Nederlands: Koala
polski: Koala
português: Coala
română: Koala
русский: Коала
ไทย: โคอาล่า, หมีโคอาล่า
Türkçe: Koala
中文: hk:樹熊; cn:树袋熊; tw:無尾熊;

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