Skip to main content

Pinned Post

Battle of Iwo Jima Facts, Significance, Photos, & Map

 Battle of Iwo Jima Date 19 February – 26 March 1945 (1 month and 1 week) Location  Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan Result  American victory USAAF fighter aircraft able to escort B-29's on missions to Japan. Americans gain an emergency landing base for damaged aircraft returning from missions on Japan. Belligerents  United States  Japan Commanders and leaders U.S. Navy: Chester W. Nimitz Raymond A. Spruance Marc A. Mitscher William H. P. Blandy U.S. Marine Corps: Holland M. Smith Harry Schmidt Graves B. Erskine Clifton B. Cates Keller E. Rockey Tadamichi Kuribayashi † Takeichi Nishi † Sadasue Senda † Rinosuke Ichimaru † Units involved American: Ground units: V Amphibious Corps 3rd Marine Division 4th Marine Division 5th Marine Division 147th Infantry Regiment (separate) Aerial units: Seventh Air Force Naval units: 5th Fleet Joint Expeditionary Force (TF 51) Amphibious Support Force (TF 52) Attack Force (TF 53) Expeditionary Troops (TF 56) Fast Carrier Force (T...

Quokka facts, diet, weight & habitat

 quokka


Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammalia

Infraclass:

Marsupialia

Order:

Diprotodontia

Family:

Macropodidae

Subfamily:

Macropodinae

Genus:

Setonix

Species:

S. brachyurus


The quokka also known as the short-tailed scrub wallaby (Setonix brachyurus), is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. It is the only member of the genus Setonix. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal.

A quokka weighs 2.5 to 5.0 kg (5.5 to 11 lb) and is 40 to 54 cm (16 to 21 in) long with a 25-to-30 cm-long (9.8-to-12 in) tail, which is quite short for a macropod. It has a stocky build, well developed hind legs, rounded ears, and a short, broad head. Its musculoskeletal system was originally adapted for terrestrial bipedal saltation, but over its evolution, its system has been built for arboreal locomotion. Although looking rather like a very small kangaroo, it can climb small trees and shrubs up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in). Its coarse fur is a grizzled brown colour, fading to buff underneath. The quokka is known to live for an average of 10 years. Quokkas are nocturnal animals; they sleep during the day in Acanthocarpus preissii, using the plants' spikes for protection and hiding.


Quokkas have a promiscuous mating system. After a month of gestation, females give birth to a single baby called a joey. Females can give birth twice a year and produce about 17 joeys during their lifespan. The joey lives in its mother's pouch for six months. Once it leaves the pouch, the joey relies on its mother for milk for two more months and is fully weaned around eight months after birth. Females sexually mature after roughly 18 months. When a female quokka with a joey in her pouch is pursued by a predator, she may drop her baby onto the ground; the joey produces noises which may serve to attract the predator's attention, while the mother escapes.

Quokkas are found on some smaller islands off the coast of Western Australia, particularly Rottnest Island just off Perth and Bald Island near Albany. Isolated, scattered populations also exist in forest and coastal heath between Perth and Albany. A small colony inhabits a protected area of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, where they co-exist with the critically endangered Gilbert's potoroo.

Quokkas have little fear of humans and commonly approach people closely, particularly on Rottnest Island, where they are abundant. Though quokkas are approachable, there are a few dozen cases annually of quokkas biting people, especially children. There are restrictions regarding feeding.

Quokkas can also be observed at several zoos and wildlife parks around Australia, including Perth Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Life Sydney, and Adelaide Zoo. Physical interaction is generally not permitted without explicit permission from supervising staff.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Miyamoto Musashi-Japanese soldier-artist

 Miyamoto Musashi Utagawa Kuniyoshi: woodcut of Miyamoto Musashi Born Shinmen Bennosuke  1584, Harima Province or Mimasaka Province, Japan Died 13 June 1645 (aged 60–61) Higo Province, Japan Native name 宮本武蔵 Other names Niten Dōraku; Shinmen Musashi no Kami Fujiwara no Wezou Residence Japan Style Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū Kenjutsu (二天一流), Enmei-ryu (圓明流), (二天流) Children Mikinosuke (adopted) Kurōtarō (adopted) Iori (adopted) Yoemon (adopted) Daughter of unknown name Notable students Takemura Yoemon; Terao Magonojō; Terao Motomenosuke; Furuhashi Sōzaemon Japanese name Kanji              宮本 武蔵 Hiragana      みやもと むさし Katakana     ミヤモト ムサシ Transcriptions Romanization       Miyamoto Musashi Miyamoto Musashi, original name Miyamoto Masana, artistic name Niten, (born 1584, Mimasaka or Harima, Japan—died June 13, 1645, Higo), famous Japanese soldier-artist of the early Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867). Mus...

Karl Marx Biography, Theory, Beliefs, Children & Communism

 Karl Marx Born Karl Heinrich Marx 5 May 1818 Trier, Prussia, German Confederation Died 14 March 1883 (aged 64) London, England Burial place 17 March 1883, Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery, London, England Nationality Prussian (1818–1845) Stateless (after 1845) Political party Communist Correspondence Committee (until 1847) Communist League (1847–1852) International Workingmen's Association (1864–1872) Spouse(s) Jenny von Westphalen​ (m. 1843; died 1881)​ Children 7, including Jenny, Laura and Eleanor Parents Heinrich Marx (father) Henriette Pressburg (mother) Relatives Louise Juta (sister) Jean Longuet (grandson) Philosophy career Education University of Bonn University of Berlin University of Jena (PhD, 1841) Era 19th-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Continental philosophy Marxism Thesis Differenz der demokritischen und epikureischen Naturphilosophie  (The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature) (1841) Doctoral advisor Br...

Battle of Iwo Jima Facts, Significance, Photos, & Map

 Battle of Iwo Jima Date 19 February – 26 March 1945 (1 month and 1 week) Location  Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan Result  American victory USAAF fighter aircraft able to escort B-29's on missions to Japan. Americans gain an emergency landing base for damaged aircraft returning from missions on Japan. Belligerents  United States  Japan Commanders and leaders U.S. Navy: Chester W. Nimitz Raymond A. Spruance Marc A. Mitscher William H. P. Blandy U.S. Marine Corps: Holland M. Smith Harry Schmidt Graves B. Erskine Clifton B. Cates Keller E. Rockey Tadamichi Kuribayashi † Takeichi Nishi † Sadasue Senda † Rinosuke Ichimaru † Units involved American: Ground units: V Amphibious Corps 3rd Marine Division 4th Marine Division 5th Marine Division 147th Infantry Regiment (separate) Aerial units: Seventh Air Force Naval units: 5th Fleet Joint Expeditionary Force (TF 51) Amphibious Support Force (TF 52) Attack Force (TF 53) Expeditionary Troops (TF 56) Fast Carrier Force (T...