different between quokka vs wallaroo

English

Etymology

From Nyunga kwaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?k?/

Noun

quokka (plural quokkas)

1. 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.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Nyunga kwaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?k.ka/
• Hyphenation: quòk?ka

Noun

quokka m (invariable)

1. quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

References

• quokka in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Etymology

From Dharug walaru.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?l???u?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?l???u/
• Hyphenation: wal?la?roo

Noun

wallaroo (plural wallaroos)

1. Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
2. The common wallaroo, Macropus robustus; the most common and widespread species of the three.

Hyponyms

• (any of three intermediate-size macropods):
  • common wallaroo, hill wallaroo - Macropus robustus
  • black wallaroo, Bernard's wallaroo, Woodward's wallaroo - Macropus bernardus
  • antilopine wallaroo - Macropus antilopinus
• (Macropus robustus): eastern wallaroo, euro

Translations

See also

• joey
• marsupial
• potoroo
• wallaby