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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Koala, Italian Sparrow, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis, Zebra Finch, Galah, Barred Forest-falcon, Oilbird, Snail Kite, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Lake sturgeon, Tammar Wallaby, King Island Emu, Rock bass, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Singing Honeyeater, Mauritius Olive White-eye, Orconectes limosus, Bursatella leachii, Collared Trogon, Chotoy Spinetail, Pagurus pollicaris, Crane Hawk, Cancer irroratus, Lined Forest-falcon, Nacunda Nighthawk, Common Footman, Oyster crab, Clytus rhamni, Surucua Trogon, Hispaniolan Trogon, Melanotus communis, Muscina stabulans, Orthonevra nobilis, Banded Killifish, Gluvia dorsalis, Alopecosa accentuata, Thricops semicinereus, Fannia lepida, Pagurus longicarpus, White-bellied Storm-petrel, Thelaira nigripes, Chrysogaster solstitialis, Tipula pruinosa, Yellow-eared Honeyeater, Dasysyrphus albostriatus, Cheilosia mutabilis, Melangyna cincta, Carabus gebleri, Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Prosena siberita, Portevinia maculata, Cheilosia grossa, Eriozona syrphoides, Eristalis similis, Dinera ferina, Anomala binotata, Corixa affinis, Sigara lateralis, Sigara stagnalis, Sigara dorsalis, Sigara fossarum. Excerpt: The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia. The word koala comes from the Dharuk gula. Although the vowel was ori...