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A koala is a marsupial because the young (joey) is born extremely undeveloped. Like many (but not all) marsupials, the female has a pouch. The joey makes its way to the mother's pouch (which, incidentally, is backward-facing) where it latches onto a teat, remaining there for many months to continue its development.

This fact of being born undeveloped is the defining characteristic of a marsupial.

Like other marsupials, female koalas have two vaginas, or what are called paired lateral vaginae. These are for the purpose of transporting the sperm to the womb, but there is a midline pseudovaginal canal for actually giving birth. As well as two vaginas and two uteruses, female koalas have two fallopian tubes and two cervixes. Male koalas have a two-pronged penis to accommodate the females' two vaginas.

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