The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is a folivore, an animal which feeds primarily, but not exclusively, on the Genus Eucalyptus. Throughout their range in eastern Australia, koalas use a wide variety of eucalypt species. Only a few species of eucalypt will be preferentially used by koalas. Such species, where they occur, are vitally important to the distribution, abundance and well being of koala populations.
A variety of other trees, including many non-eucalypts, are also used by koalas for feeding and shelter, or other behavioural purposes. |