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Phascolarctidae

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

Phascolarctidae (order Marsupialia (or Diprotodontia), superfamily Vombatoidea) A family of arboreal, leaf-eating marsupials that contains only Phascolarctus cinerus (koala) and its fossil precursors.

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