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Evolution Of Nimiokoala
Koalas have undergone an interesting history as they evolved from their nimiokoala greystanesi ancestors,and how much they’ve changed in time.Also how their environment may have changed as the years went by. To me koalas are interesting because they are known for hugging trees and they do this because trees are like their natural air conditioners. They are also herbivores and they are nocturnal so they eat mostly at night. They also

The breeding season usually lasts from august to february. Young newborn koalas only drink their mothers milk for 6 to 7 months, and stay in the mothers pouch for that time. Then at about 22 weeks its ready to come out of the pouch and open its eyes. Then at about 12 months the “joeys” otherwise known as koalas are ready to leave their mothers, and go out and try to find their own home.
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It had a longer nose(snout) than the living koala but was only about a third of its size. Nimiokoala is represented by a well kept skull, a great discovery since koalas are rare in the fossil record. Nimiokoala would have fed on the leaves of forest trees although it isn’t known whether it specialized on the leaves of eucalypts, as the living koala does. Nimiokoalas are most closely related to a second species of koalas,also named the nimiokoala, also known as

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