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Wallaby vs Quokka - What's the difference?

wallaby | quokka |

As nouns the difference between wallaby and quokka

is that wallaby is any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos while quokka is a cat-sized marsupial, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.

wallaby

English

(wikipedia wallaby)

Noun

(wallabies)
  • Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos

    • Derived terms

    * agile wallaby * banded hare-wallaby * black-striped wallaby * hare-wallaby * nail-tail wallaby * Parma wallaby * pretty-faced wallaby * red-necked wallaby * rock wallaby/rock-wallaby * scrub wallaby * swamp wallaby * tammar wallaby * toolache wallaby * Wallabia * western brush wallaby

    See also

    * joey * kangaroo * marsupial * boomer * Wallabies ----

    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.