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Echidna vs Quokka - What's the difference?

echidna | quokka |

As a noun quokka is

a cat-sized marsupial, setonix brachyurus , of southwestern australia.

echidna

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

    • Synonyms

    * (species of Tachyglossidae) spiny anteater, bunning

    Derived terms

    * Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi ) * Barton's Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni ) * cyclops Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi ) * eastern Long-beaked echidna () * long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus ) * short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus ) * short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus ) * Sir David's long-beaked echidna () * western long-beaked echidna ()

    See also

    * Tachyglossidae * Tachyglossus * Zaglossus * piggibilla * puggle (commons)

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    quokka

    English

    (wikipedia quokka)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cat-sized marsupial, Setonix brachyurus , of southwestern Australia.
  • * 2003 , John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence , page 29,
    • At least 673 quokkas were re-introduced from Rottnest Island to the Marsupial Research Station of the University of Western Australia (254 ha) at Jandakot from 1972 to 1988.
  • * 2005 , Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials , page 354,
    • Tammars, quokkas and black-footed rock wallabies inhabit islands in the southwest, while three species of hare wallaby, the burrowing bettong and five species of rock wallaby inhabit various islands in the northwest.
  • * 2012 , Ken Richardson, Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique Biology and Coexisternce with Humans , page 125,
    • Older unburnt areas (more than 25 years) on their own appear unable to sustain a quokka population.
    The largest number of quokkas occurs on Rottnest Island near Perth, where the population estimates vary from 8000 to 12,000 individuals.