|Scientific Name:||Phascolarctos cinereus| |Species
Authority:||(Goldfuss, 1817)| |Red List Category &
Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1| |Assessor/s:||Gordon, G.,
Menkhorst, P., Robinson, T., Lunney, D., Martin, R. & Ellis, M.|
|Reviewer/s:||Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal
Assessment Team)| Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide
distribution, presumed large population, and because it is
unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify
for listing in a threatened category. This is a high profile
species that varies greatly in population size and density
across its range, and requires intensive management in areas
where it is considered a pest species, as well as in those
regions where it is known to be in decline. |Range
Description:||The Koala was formerly common throughout the broad
band of forests and woodlands dominated by Eucalyptus spp.
extending from north Queensland to the south-eastern corner of
mainland South Australia, Australia (Maxwell et al. 1996). It
currently