Beach moonflower vs koala

Ipomoea violacea compared with Phascolarctos cinereus

Key Differences

Beach moonflower is Not Evaluated while koala is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach moonflower	koala
Kingdom	Plantae (bitki)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Diprotodontia (İki ön dişliler)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)
Genus	Ipomoea	Phascolarctos (Koalas)
Species	Ipomoea violacea	Phascolarctos cinereus

Conservation Status

Beach moonflower

NE — Not Evaluated

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach moonflower	koala
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	75 cm
Average Weight	—	10.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach moonflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Slovakia), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Beach moonflower

The Beach moonflower (Ipomoea violacea) is a species in the genus Ipomoea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.