Koala is gray Animal

For about half a century, koalas were found only within NSW. In 1855, the naturalist William Blandowski met the ego in the state of Victoria, and in 1923, O. Thomas — in the southeastern part of Queensland [15].

The koala was discovered for science in 1802 by naval officer Barralier, who discovered the remains of a koala among the aborigines and sent the alcoholized limbs of the animal to Philip King, the governor of New South Wales[14]. In June 1803, a live koala was caught south of Sydney, and on August 21, the Sydney Gazette published a detailed description [13]. In 1808, koalas were identified as a species similar to wombats.

Koalas remained unnoticed by James Cook's expedition, which discovered the eastern coast of Australia in 1770. The first mention of them is in the report of John Price, a servant of the governor of New South Wales John Hunter, about a trip to the Blue Mountains in 1798. Price wrote that in the Blue Mountains there is an animal called a cullavain, which looks like a sloth

The koala's natural range includes coastal areas in the east and south of Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of the Cape York Peninsula. They are also common in regions with sufficient moisture to support forests suitable for koalas.

Although koalas are not recognized as bears or their close relatives, English-speaking settlers of the late 18th century called them koala bears (English: koala bear) because of the external similarity. This name is still used outside of Australia[5], although its use is not recommended due to ambiguity[6][7][8][9][10].

The word koala (English koala) comes from the Darak [en] word gulawan or its shortened form gula. The initial transcription of cullawine was gradually superseded by the variant koola. Although the vowel /u/ was originally written as "oo" in English orthography, it was changed to "oa" [2], possibly by mistake. It was mistakenly believed that this word meant "does not drink" [2].