Phascolarctidae
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Phascolarctidae
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| subclassis = Marsupialia
| ordo = Diprotodontia
| subordo = Vombatiformes
| familia = Phascolarctidae
| familia_authority = Owen, 1839
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
†Litokoala
†Koobor
†Perikoala
Phascolarctos
}}
Phascolarctidae is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting only of one extant species, the Koala, and six known extinct species. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae.
The family Phascolarctidae has four genera and seven species
- Genus Litokoala
- †L. kutjamarpensis
- Genus Koobor
- †K. jimbarrati
- †K. notabilis
- Genus Perikoala
- †P. palankarinnica
- †P. robustus
- Genus Phascolarctos
- P. cinereus - Koala
- †P. stirtoni - Giant Koala
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References
- Walton, D. W. Ed. 1987. Fauna of Australia, Volume 1A. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. ISBN 0644060557
- Template:MSW3 Grovesfr:Phascolarctidae