🐨Koala
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) är ett australiensiskt trädlevande pungdjur och den enda nu levande arten i familjen Phascolarctidae. Den har tidigare kallats pungbjörn och koalabjörn vilket är missvisande eftersom den saknar släktskap med björnar. Koalapopulationen minskar, och från år 2020 kategoriseras IUCN arten som sårbar (VU). Organisationer som specifikt arbetar med skyddet av koalan menar att minskningen är så pass stor att den borde kategoriseras som funktionellt utdöd, men det finns även de som motsätter sig detta påstående.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 5.65 kg
- Body length
- 0.85 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Koala
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass5.65 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9.3 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length0.85 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass20 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length7.52 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation31 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 31 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.01 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density163 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l5.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Koala yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyPhascolarctidae
- ›genusPhascolarctos
- ›speciesPhascolarctos cinereus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyPhascolarctidae
- genusPhascolarctos
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyPhascolarctidae
- genusPhascolarctos
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