Their Latin Name is: Phascolartcos cinereus
*Koalas are marsupials.
*Size is larger in southern regions. Head and body is average size 30.7 inches.
*Weight is about 26 lbs./11.8 kg.
*Fur is thick and furry, longer on back side than on belly on the southern koalas. Northern koalas fur is short which gives them a naked appearance. Both northern and southern koalas have fluffy ears with longer white hairs.
*Their gestation period is 34-36 days (gestation means carrying the young in the uterus. (PREGNANCY)
*Koalas aren't really nice animals.
*Koalas bite and scratch.
* Koalas are not bears.
*The natives used to eat koala flesh.
* Now koalas are protected by the law.
(The koalas have a nickname which is the Teddy Bear.)