koala vs arbre à caoutchouc

Phascolarctos cinereus compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• koala is Vulnerable while arbre à caoutchouc is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	koala	arbre à caoutchouc
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Phascolarctos (Koalas)	Funtumia
Species	Phascolarctos cinereus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

arbre à caoutchouc

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	koala	arbre à caoutchouc
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.

arbre à caoutchouc

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.