Phascolarctos
| Phascolarctos | |
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| A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) climbing a tree in Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | Phascolarctos Blainville, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss, 1816
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phascolarctos (from Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (phaskolos), referring to a leathern pouch or bag, and ἄρκτος (arktos), meaning "bear") is a genus of marsupials containing only one extant species, the koala (P. cinereus).[2] The genus was named by French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1816.[3]
Species[]
- P. cinereus[2]
- †[2]
- †P. stirtoni[2]
- † (formerly of the genus Cundokoala, now recognised as a junior synonym.)[2]
References[]
- ^ "Phascolarctos". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Talent, John A. (2012). Earth and Life. Springer. p. 1047. ISBN 9789048134281.
- ^ de Blainville, Henri (1816). "Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal". Bulletin de la Société Philomáthique, Paris (in French). 8: 113–124.
Categories:
- Marsupials of Australia
- Vombatiforms
- Marsupial genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Taxa named by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
- Diprotodont stubs