Phascolarctos cinereus

(Goldfuss, 1817)

Koala

Front view, sitting, with young. Also as Koala Bear, Monkey Bear, Native Bear.
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Location:Australia, VIC, Melbourne ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1976Description : Front view, sitting, with young. Also as Koala Bear, Monkey Bear, Native Bear.

Distribution :

Australia: SE Queensland, E New South Wales, SE South Australia, and Victoria. Introduced on Kangaroo Isl, South Australia and at Yanchep, Western Australia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 204

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Vombatiformes
Infraorder : Phascolarctomorphia
Family : Phascolarctidae
Genus : Phascolarctos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goldfuss, G.A. 1817. pl. 155Aa. P. pl. 155Aa in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064860

Original name as described

Lipurus cinereus

Other common names

Koala Bear · Monkey Bear · Native Bear

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000404

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 15 names and synonyms.

Lipurus cinereus

(Goldfuss, 1817)

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

pl. 155Aa

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064860

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Burmeister (1837:814, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Morodactylus cinereus

(Goldfuss, 1820)

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

445

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Goldfuss (1820:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)

Phascolarctos Koala

Ranzani, 1820

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

koala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807940

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

Ranzani (1820:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)

phascolarctos fuscus

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524040

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Fischer (1829:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Wagler (1830:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  4. Owen (1841:408, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68792)
  5. Lesson (1842:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  7. Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phascolarctos koala

J. E. Gray, 1827

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

koala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790399

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phascolarctos Flindersii

Lesson, 1827

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

flindersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207689

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Phascolarctos cinereus

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Jacquinot & Pucheran (1853:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67159)
  3. Fitzinger (1855:474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  4. Giebel (1855:693, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  5. Fitzinger (1861:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  6. Flower & Dobson (1883:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43556)
  7. Collett (1887:935, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67854)
  8. Elera (1895:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  9. Trouessart (1905:826, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1991:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  13. Groves (1993:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
  14. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  15. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  16. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  17. Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  21. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16892/166496779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Koala Subiens

(Burnett, 1830)

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

subiens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909461

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

  1. Burnett (1830:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Koala cinerea

(McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834264

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Lipurus fuscus

(Burmeister, 1837)

Family

Phascolarctidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

814

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858149

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Burmeister (1837:814, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)

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