koala

Summary

koala is a taxon^[1]. koala ranks in the top 0.044% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,873 views/month, #86 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• koala's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• koala is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• koala's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable^[5].
• koala belongs to the parent taxon Phascolarctos^[6].
• koala is endemic to Australia^[7].
• koala's scientific name is Phascolarctos cinereus^[8].
• koala's Commons category is recorded as Phascolarctos cinereus^[9].
• koala's Unicode character is recorded as 🐨^[10].
• koala began on -700000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• koala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Koalas^[12].
• koala's Commons gallery is recorded as Phascolarctos cinereus^[13].
• koala's main food source is recorded as leaf^[14].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[15].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[18].
• koala's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[19].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[21].
• koala's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9^[22].
• koala's original combination is recorded as Lipurus cinereus^[23].
• koala's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity^[24].
• koala's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. cinereus'}^[25].
• koala is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Koala'}^[26].
• koala is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Koala'}^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, koala is Phascolarctos cinereus^[8]. koala is classified at the rank of species^[4]. koala is classified within Phascolarctos^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Koala'}^[26], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Koala'}^[27], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Koalabär'}^[28], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Beutelbär'}^[29], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Aschgrauer Beutelbär'}^[30], and {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'cóála'}^[31].

Distribution

koala is endemic to Australia^[7].

Identifiers

koala's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42983^[32]. koala's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38626^[33]. koala's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 128425^[34]. koala's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440012^[35]. koala's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552677^[36].

Why It Matters

koala ranks in the top 0.044% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,873 views/month, #86 of 195,241).^[2] koala has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] koala is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]