Garden Pink-sorrel vs koala

Oxalis latifolia compared with Phascolarctos cinereus

Key Differences

• Garden Pink-sorrel is Least Concern while koala is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden Pink-sorrel	koala
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)
Genus	Oxalis	Phascolarctos (Koalas)
Species	Oxalis latifolia	Phascolarctos cinereus

Conservation Status

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden Pink-sorrel	koala
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	75 cm
Average Weight	—	10.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden Pink-sorrel

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

koala

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found in Australia. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

koala

Iconic marsupial of eastern and southeastern Australia, koalas weigh up to 15 kg and spend up to 22 hours daily sleeping to conserve energy from their low-calorie eucalyptus leaf diet. Highly specialized to process toxic eucalyptus compounds that would kill most other mammals, they have gut microbiomes uniquely adapted for detoxification. Listed as Endangered in 2022, with populations decimated by chlamydia disease, habitat clearing, and climate change.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia