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The scientific name for the Quokka is setonix branchyuras. The male Quokka is called a boomer, the female Quokka is called flier and the baby Quokka is called a Joey. 

Size

The average Quokka weighs three kilos or seven pounds. The Quokka can go up to four kilograms. The Quokka is ninety centimeters long or three feet. When it is a Joey it weighs one kilogram.

Identification 

Quokkas have rounded bodies with a short tail. It has rounded ears and a flat face. It has greyish brown fur and on the front it has light brown fur. It has short arms and legs but have very sharp claws. It also has a snout. It is a marsupial and is related to a kangaroo. It looks similar to a rat but it is a type of kangaroo. Quokkas can hop on two feet or walk on all four limbs. 

Habitat

Quokkas live in a warm temperature climate in  long grass or shrub land, where they make pathways or runways for feeding and escape if disturbed. 

Food

It eats plants, seeds. routs, nuts, and insects because it is a herbivore. This means that it doesn't eat meat at all. It digs in the ground to get food such as insects and little bits of fruit. Other little kangaroos dig for food too. They eat without chewing. It can go on for months without water. They make their own water wells.

Rottnest island

Rottnest Island is 10 km from Perth. It  was named by a Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog who thought Quokkas were actually large rats as he sailed past the island. Rottnest Island was Rat's Nest then became Rottenest which became Rottnest obviously they had not seen  kangaroos  or wallabies. Quokkas also live in other areas like Bald Island, Harvey and Collie in the Stirling Ranges and the Swan coastal plain near Perth and Gingin.