Koalas Tend to be called bears, but this is a misnomer. Although their scientific genus, Phascolarctos, interprets as "pouched bear", koalas are usually not users of your bear, or Ursidae family members.13 Koalas are literally extra carefully associated with kangaroos, bandicoots and possums than accurate bears. Koalas are marsupial mammals, waiting for link from Article Directories (7)