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Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss 1817
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Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss 1817
Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss 1817, Die Saugethiere, pt. 65: pl. 155, Aa, Ac.
Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales.
Vernacular Names: Koala.
Synonyms: Phascolarctos adustus Thomas 1923; Phascolarctos flindersii Lesson 1827; Phascolarctos fuscus Desmarest 1820; Phascolarctos koala Gray 1827; Phascolarctos subiens (Burnett 1830); Phascolarctos victor Troughton 1935.
Distribution: Australia: SE Queensland, E New South Wales, SE South Australia, and Victoria. Introduced on Kangaroo Isl, South Australia and at Yanchep, Western Australia.
Conservation: U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Vulnerable.
Discussion: Subspecies are uncertain.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43-70 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
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- https://www.gbif.org/species/231549165 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Goldfuss
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Phascolarctidae
- Genus
- Phascolarctos
- Species
- cinereus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss, 1817 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Desmarest, A. G. 1820, 1822. Mammalogie ou description des espece de mammiferes. Encyclopedie Methodique. Agasse, Paris, 555 pp., 66 plates.
- [Gray, J. E.]. 1827. Synopsis of the species of the Class Mammalia, as arranged with reference to their organization, by Cuvier, and other naturalists, with specific characters, synonyma, & c. & c., vol. 5, in The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. (E. Griffith, C. H. Smith, and E. Pidgeon, eds.). G. B. Whittaker, London, 391 pp.