Phascolarctidae

…only member of the family Phascolarctidae. Unlike those of other arboreal marsupials, its pouch opens rearward. Births are single, occurring after a gestation of 34 to 36 days. The youngster (called a joey) first puts its head out of the pouch at about five months of age. For up to…

Family Phascolarctidae (koala)1 bearlike arboreal species of eastern Australia. Related to family Vombatidae.Order Dasyuromorphia (carnivorous marsupials)60 or so species in 2 families, not including the extinct Tasmanian wolf, or thylacine, sole