But the company's most popular biscuit is the Tim Tam. According to Mashed, Australians consume 45 million boxes every year. Charlton, B. D.; Ellis, W. A. H.; Brumm, J.; Nilsson, K.; Fitch, W. T. (2012). "Female koalas prefer bellows in which lower formants indicate larger males". Animal Behaviour. 84 (6): 1565–71. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.034. S2CID 53175246. In 2003, then Australian Labor Party MP, Mark Latham, was labelled a "Caramello Koala" by Liberal MP Christopher Pyne, for allegedly being "soft in the centre". [2]

George Perry's would offically publish the first image of the koala in (his 1810) natural history work Arcana. [2] :37 Perry called it the "New Holland Sloth", and his dislike for the koala, evident in his description of the animal, was reflected the contemporary British attitudes towards Australian animals as strange and primitive: [2] :40 Cox, Lisa (11 February 2022). "Koala listed as endangered after Australian governments fail to halt its decline". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 . Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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Donnison, Jon (16 November 2014). "G20 summit: Koalas and 'shirtfronting' ". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020 . Retrieved 23 February 2021. Johnson, R. N.; etal. (2018). "Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome". Nature Genetics. 50 (8): 1102–1111. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0153-5. hdl: 2440/115861. PMC 6197426. PMID 29967444.Phillips, Bill (1990). Koalas: the little Australians we'd all hate to lose. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p.13. ISBN 978-0-644-09697-3. OCLC 21532917. a b Tobey, J. R.; Nute, T. R.; Bercovitch, F. B. (2009). "Age and seasonal changes in the semiochemicals of the sternal gland secretions of male koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 57 (2): 111–18. doi: 10.1071/ZO08090. The koala's geographic range covers roughly 1,000,000km 2 (390,000sqmi), and 30 ecoregions. [39] It ranges throughout mainland eastern and southeastern Australia, including the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. The koala was also introduced to several nearby islands. [1] The population on Magnetic Island represents the northern limit of its range. [39] Fossil evidence shows that the koala's range stretched as far west as southwestern Western Australia during the late Pleistocene. They were likely driven to extinction in these areas by environmental changes and hunting by Indigenous Australians. [21] :12–13 Koalas were introduced to Western Australia at Yanchep in 2022. [40] Koalas can be found in both tropical and temperate habitats ranging from dense woodlands to more spaced-out forests. [29] In semi-arid climates, they prefer riparian habitats, where nearby streams and creeks provide refuge during times of drought and extreme heat. [41] Behaviour and ecology Foraging and activities Foraging Spratt, D. M.; Gill, P. A. (1998). " Durikainema phascolarcti n. sp. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) from the pulmonary arteries of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus with associated pathological changes" (PDF). Systematic Parasitology. 39 (2): 101–06. doi: 10.1023/A:1005957809179. S2CID 26037401. Koalas can be subject to pathogens such as Chlamydiaceae bacteria, [21] :74–75 which can cause keratoconjunctivitis, urinary tract infection, and reproductive tract infection. [9] :229–30 Such infections are common on the mainland, but absent in some island populations. [21] :114 The koala retrovirus (KoRV) may cause koala immune deficiency syndrome (KIDS) which is similar to AIDS in humans. Prevalence of KoRV in koala populations suggests a trend spreading from north to south, where populations go from being completely infected to some remaining that are uninfected. [61]