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Various insects will eat the bark and sapofgum trees.

Koalas and Greater Gliderseat gum leaves and flowers, whilst wombats will sometimes eat the leaves and shoots around the base of very young trees. Possums and gliders will eat nectar-laden flowers, as will many species of parrots and honeyeaters.

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Animals which live in gum trees (eucalyptus) include:

  • Koalas
  • Greater gliders and other gliders
  • Ringtail possums, Brushtail possums
  • various cockatoos such as sulphur-crested cockatoos and galahs
  • kookaburras
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Gum (eucalyptus) amd acacia trees are two different types of trees. Koalas are known for feeding almost exclusively on gum leaves, but they have been observed feeding in some species of acacia as well.

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The Tasmanian Blue gum, which is not restricted to Tasmania, is a preferred species by koalas that live on Phillip Island, in Victoria.

Ringtail possums and Greater gliders also eat the leaves of Tasmanian blue gums.

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