Koalas Search For Water

The IUCN lists the species as "Least Concern". The Australian government does not consider the species to be threatened, although the US government has declared the koala a threatened species.
The koala inhabits four Australian states. Under state legislation, the species is listed as:
• Queensland – Common, or "Least Concern Wildlife" throughout the state, except in the South East Queensland bioregion, where it is listed as vulnerable.
• New South Wales – listed at a state scale as vulnerable, but varying regionally from secure to locally extinct.