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koala

koala (a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore native to Australia)

class, taxon, type of animal, species

Class: taxon, species, type of animal, mammal, marsupial
Parent Class: ▶
animal, mammal, eukaryote, marsupial, chordate, …
Phascolarctos, non-human animal, organism
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala
Collective Noun: "snooze"
Family: Phascolarctidae
Genus: Phascolarctos
Kingdom: animal
Order: Diprotodontia
Phylum: chordate
Attributes: least concern conservation status, near threatened conservation status
Universal Attributes: warm blooded, mammalian, herbivorous
Related Websites: http://www.koala.net/index.php/koala.html, http://www.savethekoala.com, http://www.thekoala.com/koala, http://www.koala.net/wildlife/koala.htm
Binomial Name: "Phascolarctos cinereus"
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000022ebf"
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rvVjvTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Koala
Aliases: "koala"
Rare Terms: ▶
"sloth", "phascolarctos cinereus cinereus", "phascolarctos cinereus victor", "victorian koala", "phascolarctos cinereus adustus", …
"queensland koala", "native bear", "phascolarctus cinereus", "phascolarctus", "phascoloarctidae"
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/04cp_"
Distinct From: Wombat, macropod

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