Quokkas are Marsupials that are found in the Southwest proportion of Australia, specifically in the mainland of Western Autralia, Rottnest Island and there are a few numbers in Bald Island in Perth. Quokkas are the smallest wallaby in Australia and have the scientific name of Setonix Brachyurus. The kingdom of a quokka is animalia, the phylum is chordate, class is mammalia, infraclass is marsupialia, the order is diprotodontia, family is macropodidae, subfamily is macropodinae, genus is setonix and species is s. brachyurus. Quokkas were found in the mainland in the southwest proportion of Australia near the coastal regions.
Quokkas prefer to be in a warmer environment but have adapted to the change of seasons such as summer, autumn, winter and spring.…show more content… An average quokka ranges from the body size of 40-54cm and weighs 2.7-4.2kg. The fur of a quokka is thick, coarse and varies from colours of grey, brown and red. A quokka has a very comparable appearance to other marsupials including kangaroos and wallaby’s, quokkas have a short face with fluffy ears that are short and rounded; while the quokka’s tail is 24-31cm long with long and shorter hind legs that supports them to jump away from different predators such as foxes, dingoes and dogs and cats who attack the vulnerable quokkas. Quokkas are not threatening to other
