Reaching for the Good Stuff

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) feeding on eucalyptus in the Australia Outback habitat of the San Diego Zoo.

 

Koalas prefer the more nutritious leaves at the top of the trees, usually eating one leaf at a time. Of the nearly 900 species of Eucalyptus in Australia, koalas eat approximately 70.

 

Conservation status: Vulnerable

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