Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Koala

Koala
This nomination predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests.


 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 16, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 10:33, 12 August 2013‎ (UTC)



The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body, round, fluffy ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. It is popularly known as the koala bear because of its bear-like appearance. The koala has a body length of 60 – and weighs 4 –. Pelage colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown. Koalas from the northern populations are typically smaller and lighter in colour than their counterparts further south. Koalas typically inhabit open Eucalyptus woodlands, and the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. Because this eucalypt diet provides them with only low nutrition and energy, koalas are largely sedentary and sleep for up to 20 hours a day. They are asocial animals, and bonding only exists between mothers and dependent offspring.


 * Support as nom. 2 pts for widely covered. A superb article that deserves to be TFA. Pumpkin Sky   talk  02:18, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Agree, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * support - I am intrigued to see if any biological articles can hit anywhere near the pageviews of some of our popular culture mainpagers. Koala is a good candidate for a good number....let's see.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:02, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - Personally I'd prefer to wait until the full genome paper is published and the info can be added to the article. LittleJerry (talk) 01:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * When is that? Pumpkin Sky   talk  01:58, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * In April, I asked Peter Trimms when and he stated 2-3 months with a caveat of "hopely". I'll try again. LittleJerry (talk) 03:06, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * He says in another 1-2 months, so I'll leave it to you. LittleJerry (talk) 20:15, 10 August 2013 (UTC)