The Koala is a herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. Its closest living relatives are the Wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the island's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The koala has a body length of 60–85 cm (24–33 in) and weighs 4–15 kg (9–33 lb). Fur colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown.
Koalas typically inhabit open Eucalyptus woodland, as the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. This Eucalypt diet has low nutritional and caloric content and contains toxic compounds that deter most other mammals from feeding on it. Koalas are largely sedentary and sleep up to twenty hours a day. Adult males communicate with bellows that intimidate rivals and attract mates. Like other marsupials, koalas give birth to young known as joeys at a very early stage of development. They crawl into their mothers' pouches where they live for their first six to seven months. They are fully weaned around a year old.
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