Koala  (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Phascolarctidae
Genus Phascolarctos (1)
Size Average male head-body length (northern part of range): 70.5 cm (2)
Average female head-body length (northern part of range): 68.7 cm (2)
Average male head-body length (southern part of range): 78.2 cm (2)
Average female head-body length (southern part of range): 71.6 cm (2)
Average male weight (northern part of range): 6.5 kg (3)
Average female weight (northern part of range): 5.1 kg (3)
Average male weight (southern part of range): 12 kg (2)
Average female weight (southern part of range): 8.5 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). Listed as Vulnerable in the southeast Queensland bioregion under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and as Common in the rest of the state. Classified as Vulnerable under the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Victoria has no official listing and in South Australia, koalas are listed as Rare (5).