#0453 · 🦊 mammals

Quokka

Setonix brachyurus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The quokka (/ˈkwɒkə/, Setonix brachyurus ), the only member of the genus Setonix , is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,307iNaturalist observations
lifespan 10 yrmaximum recorded
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,307 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Can live up to 10 years.
Scientifically named by Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830 (196 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.