Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4b8d7fcd-f6ba-4e0b-ace1-c23df9d0532b

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Setonix brachyurus
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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status: AUVulnerable; WAVulnerable; IUCNVulnerable

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Description

The Quokka is a small wallaby about the size of a domestic cat. Grey-brown above. Fur is long and coarse. Very short ears. source: OZ Animals

Online resources

Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Images
OZ Animals: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction

Species Lists

Australian iconic species

Images

Quokka
Image by: Amanda
Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: Flickr EOL

Is this image representative of species? YES | NO

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Setonix brachyurus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Kangurus brachyurus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Quoy, [J.R.C.] & Gaimard, [J.P.] 1830. Zoologie. Voyages de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe, Exécutés par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1829 sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville Vol. 1
Halmaturus (Thylogale) brevicaudatus Gray, 1838	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Gray, J.E. 1838. With notes and descriptions of the new species. pp. 106–111 appendix to Gunn, R. Notices accompanying a collection of quadrupeds and fish from Van Diemen's Land. Ann. Nat. Hist. Vol. 1 pp. 101-111

Common Names

Common name	Source
Quokka Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature Department of Environment and Conservation Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Short-tailed Wallaby Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life International Union for Conservation of Nature
Short-tailed Wallaby, Short-tailed Pademelon Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Quokka