Quokka, the Glossary
The quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat.[1]
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61 relations: Acanthocarpus (plant), Acanthocarpus preissii, Adelaide Zoo, Albany, Western Australia, Australia, Bald Island, Cat, Caversham Wildlife Park, Chris Hemsworth, Clearcutting, Climate change, Cud, Cyperaceae, Denmark, Western Australia, Feral cat, Genus, Gilbert's potoroo, Guichenotia ledifolia, Habitat, Herbivore, IKon, IUCN Red List, Jean René Constant Quoy, Joseph Paul Gaimard, Kangaroo, Macropodidae, Malvaceae, Margot Robbie, Marsupial, Mating system, Monotypic taxon, Nannup, Western Australia, Nocturnality, Noongar, Noongar language, Northcliffe, Western Australia, Northern Territory News, Pademelon, Perth, Perth Zoo, Red fox, René Lesson, Roger Federer, Rottnest Island, Selfie, Shawn Mendes, Shrub, Snake, South Australia, South West (Western Australia), ... Expand index (11 more) »
- Endemic fauna of Southwest Australia
- Mammals described in 1830
- Rottnest Island
Acanthocarpus (plant)
Acanthocarpus is a genus in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae, in the APG III system of classification.
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Acanthocarpus preissii
Acanthocarpus preissii is a rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.
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Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo (after Melbourne Zoo), and it is operated on a non-profit basis.
Albany, Western Australia
Albany (Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, the state capital.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Bald Island
Bald Island is an island that is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
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Caversham Wildlife Park
Caversham Wildlife Park is a wildlife park currently located in Whiteman Park in Western Australia.
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Chris Hemsworth
Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor.
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Clearcutting
Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
Cud
Cud is a portion of food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to the mouth to be chewed for the second time.
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Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.
Denmark, Western Australia
Denmark is a coastal town located on Wilson Inlet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, south-south-east of the state capital of Perth.
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Feral cat
A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
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Gilbert's potoroo
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. Quokka and Gilbert's potoroo are endemic fauna of Southwest Australia and mammals of Western Australia.
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Guichenotia ledifolia
Guichenotia ledifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
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Habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
IKon
iKon, stylized as iKON, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2015 by YG Entertainment.
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IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
Jean René Constant Quoy
Jean René Constant Quoy (10 November 1790 in Maillé – 4 July 1869 in Rochefort) was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist.
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Joseph Paul Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
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Kangaroo
Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). Quokka and Kangaroo are macropods and marsupials of Australia.
Macropodidae
Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. Quokka and Macropodidae are macropods and marsupials of Australia.
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species.
Margot Robbie
Margot Elise Robbie (born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer.
Marsupial
Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia.
Mating system
A mating system is a way in which a group is structured in relation to sexual behaviour.
Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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Nannup, Western Australia
Nannup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately south of Perth on the Blackwood River at the crossroads of Vasse Highway and Brockman Highway; the highways link Nannup to most of the lower South West's regional centres.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
Noongar
The Noongar (also spelt Noongah, Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast.
Noongar language
Noongar (also Nyungar) is an Australian Aboriginal language or dialect continuum, spoken by some members of the Noongar community and others.
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Northcliffe, Western Australia
Northcliffe is a town located in the lower South West region of Western Australia, about south of the town of Pemberton.
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Northern Territory News
The Northern Territory News (also known and branded as the NT News) is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
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Pademelon
Pademelons are small marsupials in the genus Thylogale, found in Australia and Aru, Kai plus New Guinea islands. Quokka and Pademelon are macropods and marsupials of Australia.
Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
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Perth Zoo
Perth Zoo is a zoological park in South Perth, Western Australia.
Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.
René Lesson
René Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player.
Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island (Wadjemup), often colloquially referred to as "Rotto", is a island off the coast of Western Australia, located west of Fremantle.
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Selfie
A selfie is a self-portrait photograph or a short video, typically taken with an electronic camera or smartphone.
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
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South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.
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South West (Western Australia)
The South West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia.
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Species distribution
Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged.
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Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo is a government-run public zoo located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the suburb of Mosman, on the shores of Sydney Harbour.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife east of Albany, Western Australia.
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Viral phenomenon
Viral phenomena or viral sensation are objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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Wallaby
A wallaby is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. Quokka and wallaby are macropods and marsupials of Australia.
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.
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Wild Life Sydney
Wild Life Sydney Zoo (formerly Sydney Wildlife World) is a wildlife park in the Darling Harbour precinct, on the western edge of the Sydney central business district, Australia.
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Wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
Willem de Vlamingh
Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh (baptized 28 November 1640 – after 7 August 1702) was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River.
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See also
Endemic fauna of Southwest Australia
- Anstisia alba
- Anstisia lutea
- Anstisia rosea
- Anstisia vitellina
- Balston's pygmy perch
- Bertmainius tingle
- Black-stripe minnow
- Cherax cainii
- Cherax preissii
- Cherax quinquecarinatus
- Cherax tenuimanus
- Crowned snake
- Engaewa
- Galaxiella munda
- Geocrinia leai
- Gilbert's potoroo
- Honey possum
- Lepidogalaxias
- Metacrinia
- Myobatrachus
- Neopasiphae simplicior
- Nightfish
- Oblong turtle
- Paroplocephalus
- Quokka
- Ruby seadragon
- Sandhill frog
- Spicospina
- Western brush wallaby
- Western galaxias
- Western pygmy perch
- Western quoll
- Western ringtail possum
- Western swamp turtle
Mammals described in 1830
- African palm civet
- Bare-backed fruit bat
- Blackish grass mouse
- Cape gerbil
- Collared tuco-tuco
- Ctenodactylus
- Green bush squirrel
- Indian long-eared hedgehog
- Insular flying fox
- Large vesper mouse
- Long-tailed spiny rat
- Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat
- Naked-rumped tomb bat
- Quokka
- Ringtail
- Rusty-spotted genet
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat
- Southern red-backed vole
- White-sided jackrabbit
- Woodland vole
- Woolly giant rat
Rottnest Island
- Callitris preissii
- City of York (barque)
- Colonial buildings of Rottnest Island
- Geography of Rottnest Island
- Henry Vincent (gaoler)
- Hesperocolletes
- Lady Elizabeth (1869)
- Quokka
- Rottnest Channel Swim
- Rottnest Island
- Rottnest Island Airport
- Rottnest Island shipwrecks
- Rottnest ship graveyard
- Under the Lighthouse Dancing
- Winnit Club
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka
Also known as Quokkas, Setonix, Setonix brachyurus, The quokka.
, Species distribution, Taronga Zoo, The Daily Telegraph, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Viral phenomenon, Vulnerable species, Wallaby, Western Australia, Wild Life Sydney, Wildfire, Willem de Vlamingh.