Phascolarctos

Phascolarctos
	A koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) climbing a tree in Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Phascolarctidae
Genus:	Phascolarctos; Blainville, 1816
Type species
	Phascolarctos cinereus; Goldfuss, 1816
Synonyms
	Lipurus Goldfuss, 1817; Morodactylus Goldfuss, 1820; Koala Schinz, 1821; Draximenus Lay, 1825; Liscurus McMurtie, 1834; Cundokoala Pledge, 1992;

Phascolarctos (from Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (phaskolos), referring to a leathern pouch or bag, and ἄρκτος (arktos), meaning "bear") is a genus of marsupials containing only one extant species, the koala (P. cinereus).^[1] The genus was named by French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1816.^[2]

Species

P. cinereus^[1]
†P. maris^[1]
†P. stirtoni^[1]
†P. yorkensis (formerly of the genus Cundokoala, now recognised as a junior synonym.)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Talent, John A. (2012). Earth and Life. Springer. p. 1047. ISBN 9789048134281.
^ de Blainville, Henri (1816). "Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal". Bulletin de la Société Philomáthique, Paris (in French). 8: 113–124.

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[Talent-1] Talent, John A. (2012). Earth and Life. Springer. p. 1047. ISBN 9789048134281.

[2] Blainville, Henri (1816). "Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal". Bulletin de la Société Philomáthique, Paris (in French). 8: 113–124.

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