koala vs Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Phascolarctos cinereus compared with Hydrocotyle umbellata

Key Differences

• koala is Vulnerable while Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	koala	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)	Araliaceae
Genus	Phascolarctos (Koalas)	Hydrocotyle
Species	Phascolarctos cinereus	Hydrocotyle umbellata

Conservation Status

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	koala	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	75 cm	—
Average Weight	10.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Cuba, and Thailand.

koala

Icónico marsupial del este y sureste de Australia, los koalas pesan hasta 15 kg y pasan hasta 22 horas diarias durmiendo para conservar energía de su dieta de hojas de eucalipto, baja en calorías. Altamente especializados para procesar los compuestos tóxicos del eucalipto que matarían a la mayoría de los demás mamíferos, poseen microbiomas intestinales únicamente adaptados para la desintoxicación. Clasificado como En Peligro en 2022, con poblaciones diezmadas por la enfermedad de clamidia, la deforestación y el cambio climático.