Image: Quokka
In 1696 Dutch navigator, Willem de Vlamingh, described the Quokka as 'a kind of a rat as big as a common cat'.
- Photographer:
- Hans & Judy Beste
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Quokka
- Scientific name:
- Setonix brachyurus
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Tags wallaby, rat, marsupial, Rottnest Island, mammal,