Because it has fur.
The koala's phylum is Chordata. It is a Latin name for all of you that don't already know that.
Phylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: ChordataPhylum: Chordata
Chordata is more specific than Cetacea. Chordata is a phylum that includes animals with a notochord, while Cetacea is an order within the class Mammalia that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Chordata.
There is no chordata in the body. Chordata refers to a group of animals, including the vertibrates.
The classification of the koala is:COMMON NAME: KoalaKINGDOM: AnimaliaPHYLUM: ChordataCLASS: MammaliaINFRACLASS: MarsupialiaORDER: DiprotodontiaFAMILY: PhascolarctidaeGENUS SPECIES: Phascolarctos (leather-pouched bear) cinereus (ash-colour)
Chordata is a phylum, not a genus.
Chordata
Genus Chordata is animals with backbones; Spiders do not have a spine, therefore are not Chordata.
Dogs are in the Chordata phylum, therefore Pit Bulls are in the Chordata phylum.
Phyllum Chordata contains Vertebrates .
Phylum Chordata, just like all other mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians