''Perikoala'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

marsupial Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas. One of marsupials' unique features is their reproductive strategy: the young are born in a r ...

s, related to the modern

koala The koala (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only Extant taxon, extant representative of the Family (biology), family ''Phascolar ...

. The genus diverged from a common ancestor of the other koala genera '' Nimiokoala'', '' Litokoala'', and '' Phascolarctos'', which contains the living koala. Two species are recognised: * '' Perikoala palankarinnica'' Stirton 1957 * '' Perikoala robustus'' Woodburne et al. 1987

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Prehistoric mammals of Australia Prehistoric vombatiforms Pleistocene marsupials Koalas Prehistoric marsupial genera {{paleo-marsupial-stub