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Although sometimes called the Australian native bear, the koala is in fact a marsupial. Its nearest relative is the wombat, as both animals have a backward opening pouch in which the young develop from birth.
The small, hairless cub is about 20 mm long and 5 g in weight when born. It has well-developed forelimbs and small, bud-like hind limbs. Its eyes are closed but, unassisted by its mother, it crawls from the birth canal into the pouch where it attaches itself to a teat.
It remains in the pouch for about six months, when the young cub begins riding on its mother’s back. At weaning time the mother’s body manufactures a green slime-like substance on which the cub feeds until it is able to digest the eucalyptus leaves which are the koala’s only food.