In which country would you find the largest koala habitat?

Answer 1

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a marsupial mammal and is indigenous to Australia. Their closest relative is the wombat.

They live in eucalyptus trees and eat only a few types of gum leaves from which they get all nutrients and water requirements. Eucalyptus leaves are tough, toxic and low in nutrition, but the koala has developed a stomach which is capable of removing the toxins from where they are filtered out by the liver. The caecum completes the process by changing the eucalyptus leaves into digestible nutrients. The caecum is similar to the human appendix.

The koala must eat over a kilogram of leaves per day to meet its energy requirements. Eucalyptus leaves contain approximately 50% water, 18% fibre, 13% tannins, 8% fat, 5% carbohydrates, 4% protein and 2% minerals. Koalas have been seen feeding in 120 kinds of eucalypt tree including Manna Gum, Swamp Gum, Blue Gum, Forest Red Gum and Grey Gum.

Answer 2

The only country in which you would find any koala habitat, let alone the largest, is Australia. Koalas are endemic to eastern Australia and have not been introduced to any other part of the world. Koalas are specialist feeders, and suitable koala habitat exists nowhere else.

Answer 3

The specialised eucalyptus bushland habitat of the koala is found only in Australia, the country to which the koala is endemic.

Koalas live in sub-tropical to temperate eucalypt forest and woodlands along the eastern and south-eastern coastal regions, and inland to several hundred kilometres.

Answer 4

There is no such creature as a koala bear.

The koala, which is not a bear, is found only in Australia, and lives mostly within the temperate zones of Australia. Its habitat is eucalypt woodland and bushland, but of the several hundred species of eucalyptus ("gum trees"), koalas prefer about 60 varieties, with their specific preferences being limited to a couple of dozen.

Koalas are particular to Eastern Australia, and can be found along the eastern and south-eastern coastal regions. They live in cool temperate zones, right up to hot, sub-tropical zones. Koalas live in a range of habitats, as long as there are abundant eucalyptus trees of the sort they prefer. They are found on coastal islands, tall eucalypt forests, bushland and low woodlands inland.

Koalas spend most of their time nestled in the branches of their favoured trees. They do not shelter in tree hollows or nests, but sit comfortably wedged in between tree branches.

Koalas are not found in rainforests, nor in grasslands or deserts. These biomes do not support the eucalyptus trees which koalas favour. They are also not found in Alpine or snowy regions.

Answer 5

Koalas are endemic to Australia. This means they are not found in the wild in any other country.

They are not found everywhere in Australia, but a pre restricted to the eastern states only.

Answer 6

Koalas are found only in the country and continent of Australia. They are not found throughout Australia, being restricted to the eastern mainland states.

Answer 7

Koalas are endemic to the eastern half of the country of Australia.

Answer 8

The koala is native to Australia, and this is the only place you will be able to see a koala in the wild.