Koalas Will often be often called bears, but this can be a misnomer. Whilst their scientific genus, Phascolarctos, translates as "pouched bear", koalas are certainly not users of the bear, or Ursidae family.13 Koalas are literally far more closely relevant to kangaroos, bandicoots and possums than accurate bears. Koalas are waiting for link from Article Directories (16)