Do Koalas belong to the same animal kingdom as bears?

The koala is a marsupial native to Australia – Just like the Kangaroo. These mammals are distinguishable for their maternal pouch, in which females carry their newborns. Koalas are not bears._x000D_

How many Koalas are there in 2021?

_x000D_Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas since 2018 to drought, bushfires, land clearing by property developers, and road builders, the Australian Koala Foundation said, Sept. 20, 2021. The independent non-profit group estimated the koala population has dropped to less than 58,000 this year from more than 80,000 in 2018.