'Cinereus' means ash-coloured. The koala is phascolarctus cinereus because it is essentially ash-coloured.
These classification levels of the koala are:PHYLUM:ChordataCLASS:Mammalia (Infraclass: Marsupialia)ORDER:DiprotodontaFAMILY:PhascolarctidaeGENUS SPECIES: Phascolarctos(leather-pouched bear) cinereus(ash-color)
A koala is not a bear but a marsupial.The koala's species is Phascolarctus cinereus.
There is only one species of koala - Phascolarctos cinereus - and it is not endangered.
The koala belongs to the Genus Phascolarctus and the species Phascolarctus cinereus.
Koalas are marsupials. Their species name is Phascolarctus Cinereus.
Definitely not. There are not even millions of koalas.There is only one species of koala (Phascolarctus Cinereus), and some disagreement about whether there are two or three sub-species, or indeed, whether there are any sub-species at all.According to the Australian Koala Foundation, the generally accepted sub-species are:Phascolarctos Cinereus adustus - Northern Australia/QueenslandPhascolarctos Cinereus cinereus - Intermediate/New South WalesPhascolarctos Cinereus victor - Southern/Victorian
Yes. There is only one species of koala (Phascolarctus Cinereus), and some disagreement about whether there are two or three sub-species, or indeed, whether there are any sub-species at all.According to the Australian Koala Foundation, the generally accepted sub-species are:Phascolarctos Cinereus adustus - Northern Australia/QueenslandPhascolarctos Cinereus cinereus - Intermediate/New South WalesPhascolarctos Cinereus victor - Southern/Victorian
No. There is only one main species of koala (Phascolarctus Cinereus), and some disagreement about whether there are two or three sub-species, or indeed, whether there are any sub-species at all.According to the Australian Koala Foundation (see link below) the generally accepted sub-species are:Phascolarctos Cinereus adustus - Northern Australia/QueenslandPhascolarctos Cinereus cinereus - Intermediate/New South WalesPhascolarctos Cinereus victor - Southern/VictorianThe Southern/Victorian variety has also been introduced into South Australia and small protected areas of Western Australia.Koalas of the southern varieties are larger than their northern counterparts, while their fur also tends to be thicker, darker and more brown than grey.
No. There is, and has only ever been, one species of koala (Phascolarctus Cinereus), and some disagreement about whether there are two or three sub-species, or indeed, whether there are any sub-species at all.According to the Australian Koala Foundation (see link below) the generally accepted sub-species are:Phascolarctos Cinereus adustus - Northern Australia/QueenslandPhascolarctos Cinereus cinereus - Intermediate/New South WalesPhascolarctos Cinereus victor - Southern/Victorian
No. There is no species known as the dwarf koala.There is only one main species of koala (Phascolarctus Cinereus), and some disagreement about whether there are two or three sub-species, or indeed, whether there are any sub-species at all.According to the Australian Koala Foundation the generally accepted sub-species are:Phascolarctos Cinereus adustus - Northern Australia/QueenslandPhascolarctos Cinereus cinereus - Intermediate/New South WalesPhascolarctos Cinereus victor - Southern/Victorian
No. There is only one species of koala (Phascolarctus Cinereus), and some disagreement about whether there are two or three sub-species, or indeed, whether there are any sub-species at all.According to the Australian Koala Foundation, the generally accepted sub-species are:Phascolarctos Cinereus adustus - Northern Australia/QueenslandPhascolarctos Cinereus cinereus - Intermediate/New South WalesPhascolarctos Cinereus victor - Southern/Victorian
There is only one species of koala - phascolarctus cinereus - so it can be said that this is the strongest koala.