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Phascolarctos cinereus - Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus - Koala. Laura Cattaneo. Classification Information. Common Name: Koala Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus Kingdom Name: Animilia Phylum Name: Phascolarcidae Class Name: Mammalia. Common Characteristics. Evolutionary advantage

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Phascolarctos cinereus - Koala

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  1. Phascolarctos cinereus - Koala Laura Cattaneo

  2. Classification Information • Common Name: Koala • Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus • Kingdom Name: Animilia • Phylum Name: Phascolarcidae • Class Name: Mammalia

  3. Common Characteristics • Evolutionary advantage • Have powerful bit force to eat eucalyptus leaves • Loud and complex vocalization • This is a trait the most marsupials have • Symmetry • bilateral • Body cavity • Coelomates • Type of organism • Parasitic • Herbivore • Terrestrial • Type of Segmentation • Coelomate • Head, Thorax, Abdomen

  4. Life Cycle/Reproduction • Average life span • Can live up to 20 years • Typically one offspring per year • Produce offspring up to 12 times • Reproduction • Sexual Adult Grandparent Newborn Teenager

  5. Description of Habitat/Niche • Habitat • Eucalypt forests • Australia • Coastal islands • Not in rainforests as many people assume • Need other koalas to survive • Diet • Eucalyptus leaves • Sometimes other trees • Wattle tea tree • Paperbark • Gum leaves • For water

  6. Special Characterists • Physical Characteristics • Large ears • Round belly • Toes • Interesting Behavior • Live in trees • Conservation • Not currently endangered • Has been endangered in past • Fur was used to make clothing • Forest was destroyed

  7. Video • Click on the link to enjoy a video of a koala crossing a road in Magnet Island, Australia • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMclDlz3d14

  8. Works Cited "ADW: Phascolarctos Cinereus: Pictures." Animal Diversity Web. Web. 03 May 2011. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Phascolarctos_cinereus.html>. "Koala ( Phascolarctos Cinereus ) - Koala Information – Koala Facts, Pictures, Photos - WildAnimalsOnline.com." Wild Animals Online - An Online Encyclopedia of Wild Animals - Facts, Photos, Pictures, Information. Web. 03 May 2011. <http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/mammals/koala.php>. "Koala Bear - Phascolarctos Cinereus." Blue Planet Biomes. Web. 03 May 2011. <http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/koala_bear.htm>. "Light Shed on Koala Evolution." PhysOrg.com - Science News, Technology, Physics, Nanotechnology, Space Science, Earth Science, Medicine. Web. 09 May 2011. <http://www.physorg.com/news184308529.html>.

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