Phascolarctidae

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox The Phascolarctidae (φάσκωλος (phaskolos) - pouch or bag, ἄρκτος (arktos) - bear, from the Greek phascolos + arctos meaning pouched bear) is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the koala,<ref name=msw3/> and six well-known fossil species, with another six less well known fossil species, and two fossil species of the genus Koobor, whose taxonomy is debatable but are placed in this group. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.<ref name=msw3_b>Template:MSW3 Diprotodontia</ref>

The fossil record of the family dates back to the Middle Miocene<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> or Late Oligocene.<ref name=Black2012/>

Classification

Family Phascolarctidae<ref name=msw3/>

• Genus Template:ExtinctNimiokoala
  • Template:ExtinctNimiokoala greystanesi
• Genus Template:ExtinctInvictokoala<ref name=Invictokoala>Template:Cite journal</ref>
  • Template:ExtinctInvictokoala monticola
• Genus Template:ExtinctMadakoala
  • Template:ExtinctMadakoala robustus
  • Template:ExtinctMadakoala wellsi
  • Template:ExtinctMadakoala devisi
• Genus Template:ExtinctLitokoala
  • Template:ExtinctLitokoala garyjohnstoni
  • Template:ExtinctLitokoala kutjamarpensis
  • Template:ExtinctLitokoala kanunkaensis
• Genus Template:ExtinctLumakoala
  • Template:ExtinctLumakoala blackae<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Genus Template:ExtinctKoobor
  • Template:ExtinctKoobor jimbarrati
  • Template:ExtinctKoobor notabilis
• Genus Template:ExtinctPerikoala
  • Template:ExtinctPerikoala palankarinnica
  • Template:ExtinctPerikoala robustus
• Genus Phascolarctos
  • Template:ExtinctPhascolarctos maris
  • Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
  • Template:ExtinctGiant koala - Phascolarctos stirtoni
  • Template:ExtinctPhascolarctos yorkensis (formerly Cundokoala yorkensis)<ref name=Talent>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Genus Template:ExtinctPriscakoala
  • Template:ExtinctPriscakoala lucyturnbullae<ref name=Black2012>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Genus Template:ExtinctStelakoalaTemplate:Cn
  • Template:ExtinctStelakoala riversleighensis

External links

• Koalas with evolutionary information.

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