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title: "Quokka"
description: "Setonix brachyurus — Mammiferi. The quokka (; Setonix brachyurus) is a macropod native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/quokka
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Quokka

> Setonix brachyurus — Mammiferi. The quokka (; Setonix brachyurus) is a macropod native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Setonix brachyurus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2180
- Wikidata: [Q726151](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726151)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42955](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42955)

## Names

- en: Quokka
- de: Quokka
- es: Quokka
- fr: Quokka
- nl: Quokka
- pl: Kuoka krótkoogonowa

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2022)

## Summary

The quokka (; Setonix brachyurus) is a macropod native to Australia. It is about the size of a domestic cat. It is the only member of the genus Setonix. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal.
The quokka's range is a small area of southwestern Australia. They inhabit some smaller islands off the coast of Western Australia, particularly Rottnest Island just off Perth and Bald Island near Albany. Isolated, scattered populations also exist in forest and coastal heath between Perth and Albany. A small colony inhabits a protected area…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka

## Photo

![Quokka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/quokka/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215679244

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/quokka?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).