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Koala, tree-dwelling marsupial of coastal eastern and southern Australia. It is about 60 to 85 cm (24 to 33 inches) long and weighs up to 14 kg (31 pounds) in the southern part of its range but only about half that in the northern part. It resembles a small bear and so is sometimes called a koala bear.
The modern koala is a well-known and well-loved marsupial, but researchers know surprisingly little about its evolution. Indeed, they describe an "approximately 30-million-year-gap"...
Move a historic step forward, conservation council says.
The plants Claude consumed were being cultivated to enhance koala habitats in the area, as the species is currently endangered.
'Until now, there’s been no record of koalas ever being in the Northern Territory; now there are three different species from a single fossil site.'