PHASCOLARCTIDAE, Owen, 1839

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Phascolarctida, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 400-417 : 400

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6657600
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6612107
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scientific name	PHASCOLARCTIDAE
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Family PHASCOLARCTIDAE View in CoL

(KOALA)

• Medium-sized, sexually dimorphic, largely arboreal marsupial, with short, stocky body and square, box-like skull; fused digits (syndactylous); large and flattened bare nose; and forward-facing eyes.

• 65-80 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Open sclerophyll forests and woodlands with acceptable eucalypt food trees.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.