When Were Koalas Discovered?
John Price, a Servant of Governor Hunter, Was the First European to Record Koalas on January 26 (Australia Day!) in 1798 During an Expedition to the Blue...
John Price, a servant of Governor Hunter, was the first European to record Koalas on January 26 (Australia Day!) in 1798 during an expedition to the Blue Mountains. In 1814, the Koala was given the scientific name phascolarctos cinereus, meaning 'ash-grey pouched bear', by French and German naturalists.
When was Koala discovered?
The fact is, the European and scientific discovery of the Koala took place between June-September 1803 and involved type specimens collected at 'Hat Hill' (Mount Kembla) in the Illawarra district of New South Wales, located on the coast 50 miles, or 80 kilometres, south of Sydney.
How long have Koalas existed?
The ancestors of vombatiforms were likely arboreal, and the koala's lineage was possibly the first to branch off around 40 million years ago during the Eocene.
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