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  • Giant Pandas are bears, and placental mammals, and koalas are not. Koalas are marsupials, and are not related to bears in any way. They are not "koala bears" - just "koalas".
  • Giant Panda young are called cubs and koalas young are called joeys.
  • Giant Pandas' cubs are born far more developed than koala joeys. Koala joeys are about the size of a bean when born, and must complete their development in the mother's pouch.
  • Koalas live almost exclusively on gum (eucalyptus) leaves and, occasionally, flowers. Pandas live on bamboo shoots and other vegetation.
  • Koalas are much smaller than Giant pandas.
  • Koalas are essentially grey in colour; Giant pandas are distinctively black and white.
  • Koalas are endemic to Australia alone, meaning they are found only on the Australian continent. Giant Pandas are endemic to parts of Asia.
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