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QUOKKA FACTS |
Description
The Quokka is a small wallaby about the size of a domestic cat. Grey-brown above. Fur is long and coarse. Very short ears.
Other Names
Short-tailed Wallaby, Short-tailed Pademelon
Size
Head and body length 50cm - 54cm. Tail length 26cm - 30cm.
Habitat
Densely vegetated wet forest on mainland. Rottnest Island habitat has low sparse vegetation and seasonally dry.
Food
shrubs, grasses, succulent plants and leaves. It can survive for long periods without drinking water, and has been observed drinking salt water.
Breeding
Single young is carried in pouch for about 6 months and are fully weaned by 9-10 months.
Range
Found in wetter parts of south west West Australia. Common on Rottnest Island.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Conservation Status
The conservation status in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals is "vulnerable".
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Diprotodontia | | Family: | Macropodidae | | Genus: | Setonix | | Species: | brachyurus | | Common Name: | Quokka |
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