Setonix brachyurus

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Quokka

Side view of animal on grass. Also as Short-tailed Pademelon, Short-tailed Wallaby.
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Location:Australia, VIC, Melbourne ZooDate taken:1 January 1981Description:Side view of animal on grass. Also as Short-tailed Pademelon, Short-tailed Wallaby.

Distribution :

SW Western Australia

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 851

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Macropodoidea
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Tribe: Macropodini
Genus: Setonix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Quoy, J.-R.-C. and Gaimard, J.P. 1830. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Tome premier. J. Tastu, Paris, 264 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064170

Original name as described

Kangurus brachyurus

Other common names

Short-tailed Pademelon · Short-tailed Wallaby

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-399 (= MNHN:AGal:57) (= MNHN:NGal:83) (= MNHN:type:703) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A2651)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"le port du Roi-Georges [= King George Sound], á la Nouvelle-Hollande [= Western Australia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000310

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Kangurus brachyurus

Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-399 (= MNHN:AGal:57) (= MNHN:NGal:83) (= MNHN:type:703) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A2651)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Le à Kanguroo queue courte habite le port du Roi-Georges, à la Nouvelle-Hollande

Type locality

Australia: Western Australia: 35°S, 118°E.

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064170

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Quoy & Gaimard (1830:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67825)
Jackson & Groves (2015:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Macropus brachiurus:

Lesson, 1836

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brachiurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815061

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1836:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Halmaturus (Thylogale) brevicaudatus:

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892883

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Jackson & Groves (2015:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Macropus brachyurus:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Murray (1866:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Thomas (1888:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9306)
Ogilby (1892:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Trouessart (1898:1189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53436402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59287)
Trouessart (1905:836, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Jaculus halticus brachyurus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423374

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Setonyx brachyurus:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Corbet & Hill (1991:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Setonix brachyurus:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Flannery (1989:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69735)
Groves (1993:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20165/166611530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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