Types of Koalas

There are three types of koalas in the wild which include the Brown koalas, the Gray koalas and the Gray-Brown koalas. These koalas have been categorized as distinct types on the basis of their fur color, pattern and thickness etc. Moreover; these three koalas have also been categorized into three types on the basis of their region, habitat and geographic boundaries as well. In Australia, the further North you go the koalas become gray while the further South you go the koalas become brown.

The Australian koalas can be categorized into three types which include the Brown Koalas, the Gray koalas and the Gray Brown koalas. These koalas are categorized on the basis of their fur colors, sizes and the thickness of fur.

Koalas in the northern regions are smaller as compared to the koalas in the Southern regions of Australia. Therefore; all of these differences within koalas have led the observers to categorize koalas into key distinctive sub-species which as mentioned earlier include the brown, gray and gray-brown koalas.

Types of Koalas
Three Types of Koalas
Brown Koalas
Victorian Region Gray Koalas
Queensland Region Gray-Brown Koalas
New South Wales Region Koala Types
On the Basis of Color, Size & Region

The first type of koalas in the Australian wild are the Brown Koalas. The Brown koalas are also known as the Victorian koalas and the Southern koalas because they are mostly found in Victorian and South Australian states both of which are the Southern regions of Australia. These koalas are not only named on the basis of their fur colors but they also possess some other distinctive features such as their overall size, appearance and thickness of fur.

The Brown koalas are the biggest koalas in Australia. These koalas have thickest fur of all the koalas and they are also known as the Victorian or Southern region koalas.

The Brown koalas are the largest species of the koalas in Australia. Male Brown koalas can grow up to 14 kilograms in weight and 2 feet in height while the female Brown Koalas are around 7 to 8 kilograms in weight. The Brown koalas have the thickest fur of all the koalas in Australia. This thick fur also helps them to survive the colder climates of the Victorian region as well. There are as many as 28,000 Brown koalas in the wild of Victoria while South Australia has 19,000 Brown koalas.

Brown Koalas
Brown Colored Fur
Brown Koalas - Location
Victorian Region Brown Koalas - Origin
Southern Australia Size of Brown Koalas
Biggest of all Koalas Fur of Brown Koalas
Thickest of all Koalas

The Gray koalas are the second most common type of koalas in Australia. As the name suggests, the Gray koalas have the gray fur coloring and they are also called the Queensland koalas because they are native to Australia's Queensland habitat. A third name for the Gray Koalas is the Northern koalas because they only exist at Australia's North Eastern regions. The Gray koalas have the thinnest fur of all the koalas and their fur hair are also very light.

The Gray koalas are usually found within the Queensland regions. These are the smallest of all the koalas in Australia. The Gray koalas are also called the Queensland koalas and the Northern Koalas.

Furthermore; these koalas are also regarded as the smallest among all the koalas and their males are almost 7 kilograms in weight. Female Gray Koalas are even more smaller; weighing even less than 5 kilograms in terms of their overall weight. Gray koalas are the most threatened species among all the koalas in Australia. In Queensland more than 80% of Gray koalas have lost their lives over the span of last 20 years.

Gray Koalas
Gray Colored Fur
Gray Koalas - Location
Queensland, Australia Gray Koalas' Names
Northern & Queensland Koalas Size of Gray Koalas
Smallest of all the Koalas Fur of Gray Koalas
Very Thin Fur Hair of Gray Koalas
Samll Hair

The third or final type of koalas in Australia are the Gray-Brown or Grayish-Brown koalas. These koalas are also termed as the koalas of New South Wales. These Gray-Brown koalas were first mentioned by Simon Hunter in his Book "The Official Koala Handbook". According to Simon; the Gray-Brown koalas live at the New South Wales state of Australia. Today; the Gray-Brown koalas are facing rapid extinction within the New South Wales regions. According to the experts; if the current trends continued the Gray-Brown or the New South Wales koalas will be extinct by 2050.

The Gray-Brown koalas are from the New South Wales region of Australia. These koalas are very rare and they are also facing extinction by 2050.

Habitat loss and Chlamydia are the biggest factors contributing to the demise of the gray-brown koalas within New South Wales region. According to the Australian Koala Foundation; there are about 16,000 Gray-Brown or New South Wales koalas left in the wild.

Gray-Brown Koalas
Gray & Brown Colored Fur
Gray Brown Koalas' - Location
New South Wales, Ausralia Size of Gray Brown Koalas
10 Kilograms in Weight Gray Brown Koalas
Facing Extinction Numbers of Gray Brown Koalas
16,000 Left in Wild

Among all the three types of koalas, the Gray-koalas are the most popular ones. In fact; if you will ask anyone about the color of the koalas it will say it's gray. Moreover; in most of the books and online news portals the displayed koalas are the gray koalas. Gray koalas were once the most widespread koalas in Australia and this is the key reason that most of the old books had pictures of gray koalas.

The Gray koalas are the most popular koalas in Australia. Everyone assumes the koalas to be only gray colored. The Gray-brown koalas are the most obscure ones.

The most obscure one of all the three koala types are the Gray-Brown koalas. Only a few numbers of online literature has mentioned the classification of the Gray-Brown koalas. People only differentiate the kolas either as the Gray koalas or the Brown koalas and these Gray-Brown koalas are usually related with the Brown koalas only.

Gray Koalas
Most Popular Koalas
Gray Brown Koalas
Least Known Koalas in Australia Brown Koalas
Now in Big Numbers

According to the historians, the koalas were once widespread throughout the continent of Australia. However; the habitat loss and hunting has reduced these magnificent animals to just thousands in numbers from millions. The fossils have specifically indicated that Western Australia also had a significant numbers of koalas.

Koalas were once widespread across the continent of Australia. Possibilities are there might would have been more types of koalas than we currently have in Australia.

If these koalas would have existed today, it would have been very interesting to compare the koalas of Eastern regions to the koalas of western regions of Australia. Even today these remaining three types of koalas are fighting for their survival because the habitat loss, Chlamydia, rapid urbanization, agriculture and deforestation are fully responsible for the demise of the remaining koala population.