Perikoala
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| Perikoala Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | †Perikoala Stirton, 1957 |
Perikoala is an extinct genus of marsupials, related to the modern koala. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera Nimiokoala, Litokoala, and Phascolarctos, which contains the living koala.[1]
Two species are recognised:
- Perikoala palankarinnica Stirton 1957[2]
- Perikoala robustus Woodburne et al. 1987[3][4]
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