Setonix brachyurus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Quokka
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
Superorder | : Australidelphia |
Order | : Diprotodontia |
Suborder | : Macropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Macropodoidea |
Family | : Macropodidae |
Subfamily | : Macropodinae |
Tribe | : Setonichini |
Genus | : Setonix |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
<i>In</i> Dumont d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool., vol. 1(L'Homme, Mamm. Oiseaux), 114
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064170Original name as described
Kangurus brachyurus
Other common names
Short-tailed Pademelon · Short-tailed Wallaby
Type material
MNHN 1990-399
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"le port du Roi-Georges [= King George Sound], á la Nouvelle-Hollande [= Western Australia]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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