Learn About Koalas - Cute Photos
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Koalas are not bears
Each koala's 'home' is made up of several trees called HOME TREES. They visit these same trees regularly. The area covered by these trees is called the koala's HOME RANGE. Each koala has its own home range, which overlaps those of other koalas but except for breeding purposes, they do normally not visit another koala's home trees. The size of each home range depends upon a range of factors including the quality of the habitat and the sex, age and social position in the population of the koala.
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Its closest living relative is the Wombat
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To see koalas in their natural home, it is necessary to visit eastern Australia. This is where koalas can find an abundant source of their preferred eucalyptus leaves. Different koala species prefer different kinds of leaves, so it is the trees that dictate what species of koala can be found in what area. The largest koalas (Victoria koalas) live the farthest south in the coldest areas. The koalas with the thinnest fur (Queensland koalas) live in the warmer, northern areas. The New South Wales koalas range in between.
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They are members of an unusual group of mammals called marsupials.
Koalas look so much like living teddy bears that many people call them koala bears. But koalas are not bears at all. They are members of an unusual group of mammals called marsupials. Like all marsupials, koalas have pouches they use for carrying their babies. And the only thing cuter than a fuzzy, friendly- looking koala is a sleepy koala baby peering out of its mother's pouch
- Creature Feature: Koalas @ Nationalgeographic.com
Fun fact section, video clips, and maps of where these creatures can be found.
- Koala
Includes information about the size, appearance, habitat, life span, and diet of these eucalyptus leaf eating marsupials.
- Koala Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
Provides information about Koalas such as diet and body structure.
- Koala Facts
Koala slide show made by first and second graders.
- Koala Information
- Information and original photos of the Koala.
- Koalas in America - San Diego Zoo
- Page with information about the koala.
- Kool Koalas
- Contains several photographs.
- Australian Koala Foundation
- This site provides comprehensive and up to date information regarding the koala.
- Real Time Stories From Our Hospital
- Contains several stories about Koalas rescued at the hospital.
- Adopt a Koala
- Contains pictures and history of koalas kept at the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie NSW Australia.
Each Koala eats between 200 and 500g of Eucalyptus leaves per day
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Koala (Life Cycle of A...) [Paperback]
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and natural environment of the koala, a marsupial found only in Australia.
The koala does not have an external tail.
The word koala is aboriginal for "no drink." Koala get the water they need from their food.
- A male koala has a scent gland on his chest. It is used to attract females during mating season and to mark territory.
- The koala does not have an external tail.
- A koala can climb 150 feet to the top of a tree, and can leap from treetop to treetop.
- Koalas have few natural predators. They are usually killed when they come down from trees by domestic dogs or cars, and through loss of habitat.
The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia
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It is estimated that there are less than 100,000 Koalas in Australia
Koala park sanctuary, Sydney, Australia
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The Life Cycle of a Koala
Koala (Life Cycle of A...)
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A koala lives most of its life alone, eating and sleeping high up in the eucalyptus trees of Australia, and yet it is recognised and loved around the world. This book looks at the life of this ancient marsupial and explains: how marsupials are different from other mammals; the birth of the koala and its life in its mother's pouch; the growing koala and how it feeds; life outside the pouch, but close to mother; the dangers faced by koalas.
Koala Portrait
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Wildest Islands of Australia
Wildest Islands of Australia
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Wildest Islands of Australia shows the enormous diversity of both plants and wildlife in the islands surrounding Australia. Sanctuaries like idyllic Lord Howe Island are shown with its plentiful colonies of birds, such as the endemic endangered Lord Howe Island Woodhen, and the Red-tailed Tropic-bird, with its fancy courting rituals. Kangaroo Island is featured, with its own sub-species of kangaroo, as well as koalas and sea lions.
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Melbourne Koala Mini Flopsie 8" by Aurora
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Webkinz Koala Bear
Webkinz Koala Bear
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Young remain hidden in the pouch for about six months, only feeding on milk.
TY Beanie Boos - Kooky - Koala
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Gund Plush Koala "Kaylee"
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About Marsupials: A Guide for Children
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central America, and one in North America, north of Mexico.
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Opossum
Opossums (Didelphimorphia, ) are the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia Opossum was the first animal to be named an opossum; usage of the name was published in 1610. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company. The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2010-09-12 The word opossum comes from the Proto-Algonquian aposoum, pronounced *wa?p- a??emw, meaning "white dog" or "white beast/ animal". Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged . 2003. HarperCollins Publishers. The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2010-09-12 Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.
Their unspecialized biology, flexible diet and reproductive strategy make them successful colonizers and survivors in diverse locations and conditions.
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There's an Opossum in My Backyard
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Monito del Monte
The Monito del Monte (Spanish for "little mountain monkey", Dromiciops gliroides, is a diminutive marsupial native only to southwestern South America (Chile and Argentina). It is the only extant species in the ancient order Microbiotheria, and the sole New World representative of the superorder Australidelphia (all other New World marsupials are members of Ameridelphia). It is sometimes called the colocolo, but not often because there is also a wild cat which shares the name. The species is nocturnal and arboreal, and lives in thickets of Chilean bamboo in the Valdivian temperate rain forests of the southern Andes, aided by its partially prehensile tail. It eats primarily insects and other small invertebrates, supplemented with fruit.
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Eastern Barred Bandicoot, a Small Long-Nosed Nocturnal Marsupial
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Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus), Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
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The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.
The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.
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- Koala Information
- Koala
- Australian Koala Foundation, Koalas
- Images for Koala
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - Since 1927
- San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Koala
- Information on Koalas. This Koala information is regularly updated.
- Koala -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife
- Koala Facts and Pictures -- National Geographic Kids
- Koala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- Its closest living relative is the Wombat
- Foster-a-Koala Program
- Koala Links
- Each Koala eats between 200 and 500g of Eucalyptus leaves per day
- The koala does not have an external tail.
- The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia
- It is estimated that there are less than 100,000 Koalas in Australia
- Koala Joey - And You Though Adults Were Cute
- The Life Cycle of a Koala
- Koala Portrait
- Koala Coloring Pages
- Wildest Islands of Australia
- Yindi the Last Koala
- Kippy Koala
- Plush Koalas
- Aurora Plush 12" Aussie Aurora Babies
- MELBOURNE 8" Mini Flopsie
- Webkinz Koala Bear
- Young remain hidden in the pouch for about six months, only feeding on milk.
- TY Beanie Boos - Kooky - Koala
- Gund Plush Koala "Kaylee"
- About Marsupials: A Guide for Children
- Baby Opossum on a Farm in Greenleaf, Kansas
- There's an Opossum in My Backyard
- Monito del Monte
- Banded Ant Eater
- Paws & Claws: Australian Adventures
- Eastern Barred Bandicoot, a Small Long-Nosed Nocturnal Marsupial
- Bandicoot
- Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus), Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
- Diary of a Wombat
- Sugar Glider Marsupial Mammal Gliding, Petaurus Breviceps, Australia
- Can You Cuddle Like a Koala?
- A Koala Is Not a Bear!
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