Quokka Anatomy and Appearance
The Quokka is a small species of Wallaby that has a rounded and compact body.
Quokkas live in family groups led by a male. They are active at night, and gather in large social groups, often at water holes. At sunrise family groups return to a shelter in thick vegetation to spend the day.
The Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod, about the size of a large domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as the kangaroos and wallabies), the Quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal.
The Quokka is a marsupial from brushy areas in southwestern Australia. It is a small wallaby, a type of kangaroo. Quokkas can hop with their powerful legs and walk on all four limbs. Their life span is about 5 years in captivity.
About Quokka
The quokka was one of the first marsupials it was discovered in the late 1600s. They look like rats with their long faces and almost bare tails.
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Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
The quokka is a small marsupial similar in appearance to a wallaby or kangaroo, with distinctive short brown coarse hair and lighter... More 11 Images 5 Videos
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"Cone topography and spectral sensitivity in two potentially trichromatic marsupials, the quokka (Setonix brachyurus) and quenda (Isoodon obesulus)". Proceedings of Biological Science 272 (1565): 791-796. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.3009.
Kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, quokkas, pademelons, potoroos, rat-kangaroos, honey possums, and tree kangaroos are all macropods. Confused about the difference between kangaroos, wallaroos, and wallabies? That's understandable! ...
This family of marsupials includes the kangaroos, tree kangaroos, wallabies and quokka. When they need to move quickly, they adopt a bipedal hopping gait and use their tail for balance.
Scientific name: Macropodidae
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These forms include the tree-kangaroos (genus Dendrolagus), which are excellent climbers; pademelons (genus Thylogale), which often walk with a quadrupedal gait; and the relatively short-tailed quokkas (genus Setonix).
Queensland Yellowtail Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus meredithi
Queensland Yellowtail Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus meredithi (Kuiter, 1990)
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 See also: Marsupial, Kangaroo, Wallaby, Quoll, Possum
  
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