Download our Koala color and learn sheet, so your kids can learn while they color in! Animal Corner is full of free resources with immersive educational content related to animals and the world of nature. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.
The Koala's fur - a protective "raincoat" Koalas have thick, woolly fur which protects them from the extremes of both high and low temperatures, and which also acts like a 'raincoat' to repel moisture when it rains. The fur varies in colour from light grey to brown. Koalas in the south generally tend to have fur which is darker and thicker (and sometimes browner) than those in the.
They are pale yellowish white, kinda like ours. Koala teeth are tailored to their herbivorous diet, and it is somehow akin to that of a kangaroo, which is also a marsupial. The koala will be fully weaned when it's about 12 months old and will forage in a home range that overlaps with its mother's.
By the time it's two or three years old, the koala travels further away to find its own home range of suitable trees. Koalas use several sounds, including growling, belching, and bellowing to communicate with each. The secondary set is located in the soft palate and is larger and heavier than the primary, enabling the koala to produce sounds 20 times deeper in pitch than would be expected for their size (larger animals make deeper vocalizations).
Introduction The Koala is one of Australia's best-known animals. Identification The Koala's thick ash-grey fur, white chest and round head with fluffy ears make this species unmistakable. Habitat The Koala lives in eucalypt forests.
Distribution The Koala has a patchy distribution from northern Queensland to southern Victoria and south. A notable feature of koala's dental structure is the gap called 'diastema' that separates incisors from molars, aiding the tongue in maneuvering leaves inside the mouth. Interestingly, koalas prefer storing food within their cheeks during their lengthy sleep of 18 to 22 hours.
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