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Koala


n.

A tailless furry marsupial ( Phascolarctos cinereus ), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear , koala bear , native bear , and native sloth . The koala lives almost all of its life in trees, moves sluggishly like a sloth, and eats eucalyptus leaves almost exclusively.


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