Though they are sometimes called koala bears, koalas are not related to bears at all. Their closest relative are wombats, which are also not related to bears. Koalas got this nickname because their faces and soft fur sometimes make them resemble teddy bears.
Koalas live in Australia’s eucalyptus forests, and each koala’s home is made up of several trees called home trees. Koalas visit these same trees regularly, and the area covered by these trees is called their home range. Each koala has its own home range, and though their range may overlap with other koala’s ranges, they normally don’t visit each other’s trees. The size of a koala’s home range depends on a range of factors, including the quality of the habitat, and the age and social position of the koala.
These home ranges are especially important to koalas because their diets consist almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves. Koalas even get all the water they need from the leaves they eat! In ideal circumstances, koalas spend their entire lives in their trees, and they are rarely seen on the ground.
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