What is Quokka?
{{Taxobox | name = Quokka | status = VU | trend = decreasing | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=de Tores P., Burbidge A., Morris K. & Friend T.|year=2008|id=20165|title=Setonix brachyurus|downloaded=29 December 2008}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as vulnerable</ref> | image = Rottnest Quokka 2004 SeanMcClean.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupial]]ia | ordo = [[Diprotodontia]] | familia = [[Macropodidae]] | subfamilia = [[Macropodinae]] | genus = '''''Setonix''''' | genus_authority = [[René-Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1842 | binomial = ''Setonix brachyurus''}} [[File:Quokka Rottnest Island 2008.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Quokka, Rottnest Island, Western Australia]] The '''quokka''' (''Setonix brachyurus'') is a small [[marsupial]] about the size of a large cat.<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=69}}</ref> Like other animals in the [[macropod]] family, such as [[kangaroo]]s and [[Wallaby|wallabies]], the quokka eats grass and small plants, and is mainly [[nocturnal]]. It lives on some small islands off the [[coast]] of [[Western Australia]], mainly on [[Rottnest Island]] near [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], and Bald Island near [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]]. A small number live on the main land in the [[wikt:protect|protected]] area of Two Peoples Bay, which they share with [[Gilbert's Potoroo]]. The quokka is the only member of the [[genus]] ''Setonix''. https://www.animal-glossary.com/quokka.shtml == Description == The quokka weighs between {{convert|2.5|kg|lb|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} and {{convert|5|kg|lb|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}. It is around {{convert|50|cm|in|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} long with a {{convert|30|cm|in|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} tail. This is short for a macropod. It has a solid build, rounded ears, and a short, broad head. It looks like a very small, fat kangaroo, but it can [[wikt:climb|climb]] small trees and [[shrub]]s. It has rough [[fur]] which is a brown colour, fading to pale brown unde