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KOALA (Phascolarctus cinereus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 884 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KOALA (Phascolarctus cinereus) , a stoutly built marsupial, of the See also:family Phascolmyidae, which also contains the wombats. This See also:animal, which inhabits the See also:south-eastern parts of the Australian See also:continent, is about 2 ft. in length, and of an ash-See also:grey See also:colour, an excellent climber, residing generally in lofty See also:eucalyptus trees, the buds and See also:tender shoots of which See also:form its See also:principal See also:food, though occasionally it descends to the ground in the See also:night in See also:search of roots. From its shape the koala is called by the colonists the " native See also:bear "; the See also:term " native See also:sloth " being also applied to it, from its arboreal habits and slow deliberate movements. The flesh is highly prized by the natives, and is palatable to Europeans. The skins are largely imported into See also:England, for the manufacture of articles in which a cheap and durable See also:fur is required.

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