What is koala's features?

Answer 1

Koalas have woolly light to dark grey fur, tending to brownish tinges in southern koalas, 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 female has two teats and a rear opening pouch. Southern koalas are darker in colour than their northern counterparts. Koalas have very strong, sharp claws for tree climbing.

Koalas in northern parts are smaller, with males growing to 740 mm and weighing 9 kg, and females growing to 720 mm and weighing 7.25 kg.

Southern koalas have longer fur, particularly noticeable in the longer ear-tufts, and are larger. The males can grow to 820 mm and 15 kg whilst females can grow to 730 mm and 11 kg.

The fur of a koala is usually either grey (phascolarctos cinereus adustus and phascolarctos cinereus victor) or greyish brown (phascolarctos cinereus cinereus). Mature males can have a brownish stain on their chest, the result of their scent gland.

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Answer 2

Koalas have thick soft fur. On their ears there are white Hairs on the tips. Males are generally larger than females. Southern koala bears are larger than northern koala bears. Koalas prefer to sleep during the day and move around just after sunset. The life expectancy is less then 10 years for males although, some can live up to 17 years.

Unusual features of the koala include the following:

• A large, black nose with an acute sense of smell
• A digestive system capable of removing the toxins from eucalyptus leaves, and converting them into energy for the koala. The koala's caecum, which changes eucalyptus leaves into digestible nutrients, is about 2 metres in length.
• Male koalas have a yellowish-brown stain on their chest, the result of the discharge from a gland which they use to mark their home trees
• A backward-facing pouch

Answer 3

Like other mammals, koalas give birth to live young, they feed their young with milk, and they are warmblooded, all defining features of Mammals. Like other mammals, they breathe air using lungs rather than gills. They also have fur, and other mammals have either bare skin, fur or hair.

Koalas, specifically, are an order of mammals known as marsupialia, or marsupials. They are mammals in every sense of the word, but they also have a pouch in which most of the development of the young joey occurs.

Answer 4

The koala has a vestigial tail which is barely visible.

Answer 5

A kangaroo, like almost all other marsupials, has a pouch.

Answer 6

a nose

Answer 7

well, the eyes looks a bit like the cats eyes