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SPECIES Setonix brachyurus

Author:Quoy and Gaimard, 1830.
Citation:In Dumont d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool., 1(L'Homme, Mamm. Oiseaux): 114.
Common Name:Quokka
Type Locality:Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound (Albany).
Distribution:SW Western Australia, Rottnest Isl, and Bald Isl (Australia).
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.
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Synonyms:

    brevicaudatus (Gray, 1838)

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