2006-07-07 05:35:53 · 16 answers · asked by Ronni 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
All these people who say "marsupial" are WRONG. The Koala belongs to the species Phascolarctos cinereus. Here is the exact scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Vombatiformes
Family: Phascolarctidae
Genus: Phascolarctos
Species: Phascolarctos cinereus
As you can see, marsupial is an infraclass denomination, not a species.
2006-07-07 05:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by maboot24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.
It is not a member of the bear family.
2006-07-07 12:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Seikilos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though koala bears look like a bear they actually have NO relationship to a bear. A koala bear is marsupial mammal. And they are related to an animal named Wombats.
2006-07-07 12:38:51 · answer #3 · answered by Drunk Cinderella 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Koala bears
2006-07-13 09:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by roy_alice_mills 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marsupials.
2006-07-07 12:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by Lunita del Sol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Koalas are Phascolarctos cinerus in Latin, which makes their Genus "Phascolarctos" and their Species "cinerus".
They are marsupials, but that wasn't the question.
2006-07-07 12:40:47 · answer #6 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marsupials like kangaroos
2006-07-07 12:39:06 · answer #7 · answered by ozey12001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A marsupial, like a Wombat.
2006-07-07 12:36:56 · answer #8 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phascolarctos cinereus.
Marsupial is not a species. It is an infraclass, people.
2006-07-07 12:38:43 · answer #9 · answered by jfahd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't they in the same family as the kanagroo? A marsupial?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala_bear
2006-07-07 12:38:54 · answer #10 · answered by Jocelyn L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋