Koalas Are sometimes often called bears, but this can be a misnomer. While their scientific genus, Phascolarctos, interprets as "pouched bear", koalas are certainly not members in the bear, or Ursidae relatives.13 Koalas are actually far more intently related to kangaroos, bandicoots and possums than correct bears. Koalas are marsupial waiting for link from Article Directories (10)