(n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(2) The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead.
(3) We examined phenotypic characteristics of six mannitol-fermenting strains of Streptococcus bovis, including two unusual CO2-requiring strains isolated from koala feces.
(4) Seventy free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from Magnetic Island (Queensland, Australia) underwent an ocular examination, blood collection and serological examination for Chlamydia psittaci antibodies, and an examination of their teeth and genitalia.
(5) Clinical signs, necropsy findings and histopathological changes are summarized for 43 macropods, two common wombats, two koalas, six possums, 15 dasyurids, two numbats, eight bandicoots and one bilby.
(6) No microbial growth was observed in pouch swabs from 13 of 17 (76%) koalas, including four females without young, seven with pouch young and two with back young (i.e.
(7) The $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine faces a significant setback after local landholders launched a legal challenge to the New South Wales government approval process over whether it properly considered the impact of the mine on the local koala population.
(8) The relative frequency and topographical distribution of endocrine cells containing gut hormones were studied by immunocytochemistry in the stomach gland patch of the koala.
(9) Seven of the 8 koalas with positive conjunctival swabs had overt signs of conjunctivitis, but only 3 of the 20 koalas with positive urogenital swabs had overt signs of 'wet bottom' (continual urine soiling due to cystitis) or purulent discharge.
(10) DNAs from eight Chlamydia psittaci isolates (koala conjunctivitis, avian psittacosis, avian ornithosis, ovine abortion, ovine polyarthritis, sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis, and feline conjunctivitis) and one Chlamydia trachomatis isolate (lymphogranuloma venereum) were compared by restriction endonuclease and DNA probe analyses.
(11) More than 40,000 hectares of koala habitat in Queensland has disappeared since the state’s land-clearing controls were weakened, a conservation group says.
(12) In the 18 koalas without chlamydia, one had overt conjunctivitis while 2 had past episodes of conjunctivitis.
(13) Gene probe analysis was also used employing a genus-specific probe pCKO-10 isolated from a koala chlamydial gene library (ocular strain) and a plasmid probe pCKU cloned from a urogenital strain.
(14) About halfway through the trip – we’ve just stopped to use a Nandos bathroom in a place called Lilydale – she informs me “we are going to meet a koala”.
(15) These data confirm that free-living koalas normally produce spermatozoa with a high incidence of structural heterogeneity almost solely confined to the head region; and demonstrate the utility and safety of conventional gamete and endocrine studies, approaches which will be useful for determining the impact of genetic isolation and venereal disease on species fertility.
(16) Immunoreactive cells were also seen in Brunner's glands: 5 types in the parma wallaby; 3 types in the great grey kangaroo and tiger cat; 2 types in the koala and common wombat; 1 type in the short-nosed bandicoot.
(17) Nocardia asteroides was isolated from one koala with extensive pneumonia, pleurisy and splenitis.
(18) These include animal embryos – platypus and wallaby – and specific body parts of other mammals, such as the arm of a koala.
(19) Last week, the Land and Environment court ruled in Shenhua’s favour in a case brought by the local Landcare group and the NSW Environmental Defenders Office regarding the loss of koala habitat.
(20) Tannin-protein complex (T-PC)-degrading enterobacteria (T-PCDE) were isolated from the feces and from a layer of bacteria attached to the cecal wall of koalas.
Marsupial
Definition:
(a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
(n.) One of the Marsupialia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The thermoregulatory responses of this American marsupial were, in most aspects, similar to those of Australian marsupials.
(2) A marked overlap of input from the two eyes is an unusual feature for a diprotodont marsupial and has previously been seen only in the feathertail glider.
(3) This is believed to be the first reported case of degenerative cardiomyopathy in a captive marsupial in Nigeria.
(4) In contrast to many eutherian (placental) species, this marsupial was found to lack histamine in blood leukocytes and platelets.
(5) When the patient experienced discomfort, an incisional biopsy and marsupialization were performed.
(6) These findings are discussed with respect to similarities and differences between marsupial and eutherian females and between male and female gray opossums in the hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior and morphology.
(7) DNA sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were obtained from a museum specimen of the presumed extinct thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and were compared with homologous sequences from 13 representatives of the Australian marsupial family Dasyuridae.
(8) Surgical marsupialization of the lymphocele with drainage into the peritoneal cavity proved to be an effective treatment.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Locals sell fruit and cuscus, a possum-like marsupial, at the market in Lorengau Not long before the accident, witness said, the driver had been riding around with local women and another taskforce officer, drinking and “not fully clothed”, as Guardian Australia reported on Monday .
(10) Thin blood smears were collected from 126 mammals representing four genera of marsupials and six genera of murid rodents.
(11) The development of righting was studied in the young of Dasyurus hallucatus, a small marsupial from northern Australia.
(12) This report contains the first description of a salivary gland tumour in a dasyurid marsupial; the same animal also had a mammary carcinoma.
(13) 53 cases were all marsupialized into the oral vestibulum.
(14) The effect of destruction of some blastomeres on subsequent cleavage in vitro was investigated in the marsupial Antechinus stuartii.
(15) One had bilateral ureterostomies and the subsequent four had marsupialization of the bladder.
(16) The effects of ambient temperature and of sex on nest-building behavior were studied in a laboratory colony of gray short-tailed opossums, small, Brazilian marsupials.
(17) This paper reviews the recent literature on odontogenic keratocysts and reports our experience with three cases successfully managed in three different ways: marsupialization, decompression followed by enucleation with primary closure and finally by enucleation with packing for secondary intention healing.
(18) Treatment by excision, marsupialization, or injection of absolute alcohol (95% ethanol) is discussed.
(19) We have found evidence in a marsupial mammal for extensive sexual dimorphisms which precede any morphological differentiation of the gonads.
(20) Oxygen carriage and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) levels have been measured in the blood of seven species of Australian marsupials ranging in size from 35 to 0.03 kg.