OceaniaVulnerable
Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Koalas live in eucalyptus trees in eastern Australia and eat almost nothing but their leaves.
- Weight
- Up to 14 kg
- Size
- 80 cm long
- Lifespan
- About 15 years
- Top speed
- Mostly sits still
- Diet
- Eucalyptus leaves
- Mammal group
- Marsupial
How heavy is that?
About 35% of a 40 kg kid
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Sleeps 18–22 hours a day.
- Has fingerprints very like a human’s.
- Gets most of its water from leaves.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Koala14 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 2.9× as much as the koala
- Size
- Koala80 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 1.7× as big as the koala
- Top speed
- Koala—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Koala15 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 5× as long as the koala
Food chain
- EucalyptusProducer
KoalaThis animal