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Koala feeding in a river red gum, Narrandera

Record ID record-eaee0e01-b1cd-4e54-a0e8-6a97e8105bc1

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A grey koala partly hidden by gum leaves, chewing a leaf, seen from below against blue sky.

Koala eating river red gum leaves high in the canopy.

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A koala lying flat along a pale gum branch with leaves around it.

The koala lying along a branch.

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A koala sitting in a tree fork, its face and ears partly visible through leaves.

The koala sitting upright in a fork among leaves.

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Record details

Basis of record
Human observation
Verbatim identification
Koala
Taxon rank
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Diprotodontia
Family
Phascolarctidae
Genus
Phascolarctos
Specific epithet
cinereus
Scientific name
Phascolarctos cinereus
Scientific name authorship
(Goldfuss, 1817)
Name according to
Australian Faunal Directory
Nomenclatural code
ICZN (zoological)
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Name match type
Exact match
Checklist
Atlas of Living Australia name index (AFD)
Checklist version
ALA namematching API, checked 2026-11-03
Scientific name ID
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9d6fbbd-1505-4073-990a-dc66c930dad6
Identification remarks
Grey woolly fur, large rounded fluffy ears, large dark nose, no tail, sitting in and eating eucalypt leaves. Unmistakable.
Identification confidence
Certain
Wild, cultivated or captive
Wild
Establishment means
Native
Individual count
1
Life stage
Adult
Sex
Not recorded
Associated organisms
River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), the tree it was in and feeding on (by eye, not confirmed).
Event date
2026-11-03
Sampling protocol
Seen and photographed from the ground with a phone (Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra), 13:38–13:41 AEDT.
Occurrence remarks
One koala high in a river red gum, eating leaves, then resting with its body along a branch. Watched for about four minutes around midday.
Uncertainty remarks
Location generalised to 0.1 degree (about 10 km) because the koala is a listed threatened species. All views were partly behind leaves, so a second koala in the same tree can't be ruled out. Sex not determined.
Occurrence status
Present
Behaviour
Eating eucalypt leaves while sitting in a fork, then lying stretched along a branch.
Data quality statement
Identification certain from the photos. Name checked against the ALA name index (AFD). Exact coordinates kept privately by the observer; GPS removed from the published images.
Source
Rob's phone photos 20261103_133805–134109 (23 frames; 3 chosen)
Place
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Rob Evans (2026). Koala feeding in a river red gum, Narrandera. Clio Online Museum. https://cliomuseum.org/records/record-eaee0e01-b1cd-4e54-a0e8-6a97e8105bc1

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  • Darwin Core 2026-05-26

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