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Koalas are not bears, they are a tree dwelling, herbivorous, mostly nocturnal marsupial mammal and are indigenous to Australia. Their closest relative is the wombat. The incorrect notion that they are bears comes from the latin name given to them by the first Europeans who saw them, (Phascolarctos cinereus), the "us" implying they are bears "ursus".

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