What does a male koala bear look like?

Answer 1

A koala is a small marsupial, looking rather like a teddy bear. A male can weigh between 8 and 15 kilograms. It eats between 200 and 500 grams of eucalyptus leaves every day, and rarely drinks water, as it gets enough from the leaves. Their call is a deep grunting bellow that is used to warn other males of its presence.

The male has no particular name, although researchers will call the male a "buck".

Answer 2

There is no official name for either a male or female koala, but researchers call a male "buck" and a female "doe". Koalas are marsupials and, with the exception of kangaroos, male and female marsupials do not tend to have different names.

Answer 3

Firstly, a koala is not a bear. It is a marsupial.

Male koalas are similar to females, but larger. They have woolly light to dark grey fur with brown and white patches and a cream belly. They have a broad head with small eyes, large furry ears and a distinctive large oval-shaped black nose.

The yellowish-cream belly on a mature male koala is the result of its scent gland. Male koalas have a scent gland on their belly which produces a very strong scent, and tends to leave a brownish stain.

Southern koalas are darker in colour than their northern counterparts, with shades of brown. Nothern male koalas grow to 74 cm and weigh 9 kg, while southern males can grow to 82 cm and 15 kg.