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The quokka (/ ˈ k w ɒ k ə /) (Setonix brachyurus) [4] is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. It is the only member of the genus Setonix. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. [5] The quokka's range is a small area of southwestern Australia.
Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups.These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and are native to the Australian continent (the mainland and Tasmania), New Guinea and nearby islands.
Gilbert's potoroo or ngilkat (Potorous gilbertii) is Australia's most endangered marsupial, the rarest marsupial in the world, and one of the world's rarest critically endangered mammals, found in south-western Western Australia. It is a small nocturnal macropod that lives in small groups.
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The native quolls predated upon rabbits [35] and prior to 1870, many accounts recorded quolls impeding their establishment on the mainland while island colonies thrived. [36] In response, quolls were systematically exterminated [ 37 ] by colonists to defend introduced species such as chickens; [ 38 ] rabbits populations subsequently reached ...
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