Definition of Genus Phascolarctos

1. Noun. Koalas.

Exact synonyms: Phascolarctos
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phascolarctos

genus Pezophaps
genus Phacelia
genus Phacochoerus
genus Phaethon
genus Phaius
genus Phalacrocorax
genus Phalaenopsis
genus Phalaenoptilus
genus Phalanger
genus Phalangium
genus Phalaris
genus Phalaropus
genus Phallus
genus Pharomacrus
genus Phascogale
genus Phascolarctos (current term)
genus Phaseolus
genus Phasianus
genus Phegopteris
genus Phellodendron
genus Phenacomys
genus Philadelphus
genus Philaenus
genus Phillyrea
genus Philodendron
genus Philohela
genus Philomachus
genus Philophylla
genus Phlebodium
genus Phlebotomus

Literary usage of Genus Phascolarctos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"In its cranial osteology the genus Phascolarctos departs, as is well known, from many of the characters of the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"... on the other to some Marsupials, and particularly to the genus Phascolarctos. These resemblances the author considers to be merely isomorphisms, ..."

3. Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, Augustus Henry Keane (1888)
"It forms the genus Phascolarctos, and is called by the colonists " native bear " or " native monkey. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1897)
"... the genus Phascolarctos, our little native bears or koalas. I have kept numerous specimens of this animal (P. cinereus) on his native gum trees, ..."

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