Cerise bord de mer vs koala

Scaevola plumieri compared with Phascolarctos cinereus

Key Differences

Cerise bord de mer is Least Concern while koala is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cerise bord de mer	koala
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Goodeniaceae	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)
Genus	Scaevola	Phascolarctos (Koalas)
Species	Scaevola plumieri	Phascolarctos cinereus

Conservation Status

Cerise bord de mer

LC — Least Concern

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cerise bord de mer	koala
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	75 cm
Average Weight	—	10.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cerise bord de mer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Guinea, and Venezuela.

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.

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.