Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) at a Wildlife Park скачать в хорошем качестве

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) at a Wildlife Park

There are no wild Koalas in Tasmania. This one was filmed at the Wings Wildlife Park, Gunns Plains, Tasmania. As they sleep for up to 22 hours a day, it's always good when you can get a fews shots of them eating. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as a Koala 'bear'. However, the Koala is actually a tree dwelling marsupial. It has a pouch just like kangaroos and other marsupials. Just to confuse us though, the scientific name, Phascolarctos, comes from the ancient Greek phaskolos, referring to a pouch or bag, and arktos, meaning "bear" - A bear with a pouch :-)