Phascolarctos cinereus
– Lower Risk Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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DIPROTODONTIA
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Family:
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PHASCOLARCTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Phascolarctos cinereus
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Species Authority:
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(Goldfuss, 1817)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | KOALA |
| French | — | KOALA |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Australia
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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Arboreal (Nowak 1999).
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System:
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Terrestrial
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List of Habitats:
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| 1.5 | Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry |
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 1.3.3 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood (ongoing) |
| 1.4.2 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Human settlement (ongoing) |
| 10.5 | Human disturbance - Fire (ongoing) |
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