Quokka
Setonix brachyurus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Setonix brachyurus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Oceania
- Habitat
- Forest, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh named Rottnest Island, Dutch for rats' nest, after mistaking quokkas for giant rats.
- A female can keep a new embryo on hold while her current joey is still in the pouch.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q726151 · All animals · All entries