AnAge entry for Phascolarctos cinereus

Classification (HAGRID: 02564)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Diprotodontia
                Family: Phascolarctidae
                    Genus: Phascolarctos
Species: Phascolarctos cinereus
Common name: Koala

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