Mammal
Koala
Scientific name: Phascolarctos cinereus
This is a koala. Koalas are sleepy animals that live in trees!
Quick facts
- Size
- Length: 60–80 cm (24–31 in)
- Weight
- 4–13 kg (8.8–29 lb)
- Lives for
- 10–15 years
- Food
- Plant eater
- Awake
- Active at night
- In the wild
- Vulnerable
- They need our help to stay safe.
All about the Koala
Koalas live in the eucalyptus forests of eastern and southeastern Australia. They spend most of their time high up in the trees, napping and munching leaves. Koalas are marsupials, which means their babies grow up in a pouch.
Fun facts
One star is easy, three stars are for big explorers.
- Easy
Koalas eat only the leaves of eucalyptus trees.
- Medium
A newborn koala is about the size of a jelly bean.
- Medium
A baby koala, called a joey, grows in its mom's pouch for about six months.
- Hard
There are more than 600 kinds of eucalyptus trees, but koalas like only about three dozen of them.
- Hard
A male koala's bellow sounds like a motorcycle revving mixed with a pig snorting!
Where does it live?
The coloured places on the map show where the Koala lives in the wild.
- Oceania
What does the Koala eat?
- Eucalyptus leavesFavourite food
Play and learn
Games with this animal and its friends.
