Species Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Quokka
- Kangurus brachyurus Quoy, [J.R.C.] & Gaimard, [J.P.] 1830. Zoologie. In, Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C (ed.). 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. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 1. [114, atlas pl. 19].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP No. A2651 Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 83 ♀ adult mounted skin & skull (No. A2651), King George Sound, SW Australia. - Halmaturus (Thylogale) brevicaudatus 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. Annals of Natural History 1: 101-111 [108] [unnecessary replacement name for Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [60]
Generic Combinations
- Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore, low closed forest, low open forest, swamp, territorial.
General References
Beazley, L.D. & Dunlop, S.A. 1983. The evolution of an area centralis and visual streak in the marsupial Setonix brachyurus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 216: 211-231
Bradshaw, S.D. 1983. Recent endocrinological research on the Rottnest Island quokka (Setonix brachyurus). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 66: 55-61
Chauvet, M.T., Coline, T., Hurpet, D. Chauvet, J. & Acher, R. 1983. Marsupial neurohypophysial hormones: identification of mesotocin, lysine vasopressin, and phenypressin in the quokka wallaby. General and Comparative Endocrinology 51: 309-315
Deane, E.M., Cooper, D.W., Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. 1988. Immunological development of pouch young marsupials. pp. 190-199 in Janssens, P.A. (ed.). The developing marsupial. Models for biomedical research. Berlin : Springer-Verlag 245 pp.
De Torres, P.J., Hayward, M.W., Dillon, M.J. & Brazell, R. 2007. Review of the distribution, causes for the decline and recommendations for management of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae: Marsupialia), an endemic macropod marsupial from south-west Western Australia. Conservation Science Western Australia 6(3): 13-73
Freedman, L. & Twomey, L.T. 1979. Relative growth rates of limb muscles in the diprotodont marsupial, Setonix brachyurus. Journal of Zoology, London 188: 161-171
Harman, A.M. 1995. The optic chiasm of Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 467-477
Hayward, M.W., de Tores, P.J., Dillion, M.J. & Banks, P.B. 2007. Predicting the occurrence of the quokka (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) in Western Australia's northern jarrah forest. Wildlife Research 34: 194-199
Hayward, M.W., de Torres, P.J., Dillon, M.J. & Fox, B.J. 2003. Local population structure of a naturally occurring metapopulations of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus Macropodidae: Marsupialia). Biological Conservation 110: 343-355
Jones, M.E.E., Bradshaw, S.D., Fergusson, B. & Watts, R. 1990. Effect of available surface water on levels of antidiuretic hormone (lysine vasopressin) and water and electrolyte metabolism of the Rottnest Island quokka (Setonix brachyurus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 77: 75-87
Kaldor, I. & Morgan, E.H. 1986. Iron metabolism during lactation and suckling in a marsupial, the quokka (Setonix brachyurus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 84: 691-694
Kitchener, D.J. 1972. The importance of shelter to the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Marsupialia) on Rottnest Island. Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 281-299
Kitchener, D.J. 1995. Quokka Setonix brachyurus. pp. 401-403 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Loh, T.T. & Shield, J. 1977. Temperature regulation and oxygen consumption in the developing macropod marsupial Setonix brachyurus. Journal of Physiology 260: 677-686
McDonagh, T.J. 1992. Quokka bites. The first reports of bites from an Australian marsupial. Medical Journal of Australia 157: 746-747
Mead, R.J., Twigg, L.E., King, D.R. & Oliver, A.J. 1985. The tolerance to fluoroacetate of geographically separated populations of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus). The Australian Zoologist 21: 503-511
Nagy, K.A., Bradley, A.J. & Morris, K.D. 1990. Field metabolic rates, water fluxes and feeding rates of quokkas, Setonix brachyurus, and tammars, Macropus eugenii, in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 553-560
Packer, W.C. 1977. A metabolic study of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus, in varying regimes of temperature and humidity. pp. 379-391 in Stonehouse, B. & Gilmore, D. (eds). The Biology of Marsupials. London : Macmillan.
Sharman, G.B. 1955. Studies on marsupial reproduction III. Normal and delayed pregnancy in Setonix brachyurus. Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 56-70
Stanley, N.F. 1983. Immunological studies on the quokka. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 66: 28-31
Stevens, C. 1981. The husbandry of quokkas (Setonix brachyurus) at the Royal Mebourne Zoo. Thylacinus, Journal of the Australian Society of Zookeepers 6: 21-26
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Quokka)
History of changes
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