The Koala has many nicknames, include bangaroo, New Holland sloth, cullawine, and koolawong.

The fur is silver grey to light brown, being lighter and shorter in the warmer north of its range, where the koala is also smaller.

An adult male koala can weigh 8 to 14 kg and a female 5 to 11 kg, the body length is 60 to 85 cm.

Koalas have sharp claws which help them climb trees and large noses that are coloured pink or black.

Koalas live in the eucalyptus woodlands and forests of eastern and south-eastern Australia and range from northern Queensland to southwestern Victoria.

They have been introduced in western Australia and nearby islands.

Koalas are nocturnal marsupials famous for spending most of their lives asleep in trees.

When not asleep a koala feeds on eucalyptus leaves, especially at night.

Koalas do not drink much water and they get most of their moisture from these leaves.

Omdat koalas een langzaam vertering hebben, slapen koalas zon 20 uur per etmaal, vaak in een boom.

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