Phascolarctos cinereus

Phascolarctos cinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vombatiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Euteleostomi Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Marsupialia 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.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• Phascolarctos cinereus Report on ITIS
• IUCN: Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldffus, 1817) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

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

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Authority control

GND: 4239346-2