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[[Image:Koala-cub.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A koala with her cub.]]

[[Image:Koala-cub.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A koala with her cub.]]

The '''Koala''' ''(Phascolarctos cinereus'') is an arboreal (tree-dwelling) [[herbivore|herbivorous]] animal native to [[Australia]], feeding almost exclusively on the leaves of the [[Eucalyptus]] tree, and the only known member of the family Phascolarctidae. This animal sleeps about 20 hours a day so it is rarely awake at all.

The '''Koala''' ''(Phascolarctos cinereus'') is an arboreal (tree-dwelling) [[herbivore|herbivorous]] animal native to [[Australia]], feeding almost exclusively on the leaves of the [[Eucalyptus]] tree, and the only known member of the family Phascolarctidae. This animal sleeps about 18 hours a day so it is rarely awake at all.

Although sometimes referred to as a koala bear, it is not a bear at all, but rather a [[marsupial]], which means it raises its young in a pouch on its belly.

Although sometimes referred to as a koala bear, it is not a bear at all, but rather a [[marsupial]], which means it raises its young in a pouch on its belly.