Setonix brachyurus (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)

[Kangurus] brachyurus Quoy and Gaimard 1830, in: Dumont d'Urville, Voy ... de Astrolabe, Zool., 1 (L'Homme, Mamm. Oiseaux): 114.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound (Albany).

Vernacular Names: Quokka.

Synonyms: Setonix brevicaudatus (Gray 1838) .

Distribution: SW Western Australia, Rottnest Isl, and Bald Isl (Australia).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable.