Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is open to media at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture on June 29, 2020. About 40 to 55-cm-long Quokka lives in the southwestern part of Australia, and is called the "the happiest animal in the world" due to its laughing face. It will be open to the public from July 1st. The quokka, the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. Quokkas are found on some smaller i
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Not available to licence for any broadcast or streaming service, video on demand, film, national newspaper or to create a NFT. This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. No Use in Japan Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is open to media at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture on June 29, 2020. About 40 to 55-cm-long Quokka lives in the southwestern part of Australia, and is called the "the happiest animal in the world" due to its laughing face. It will be open to the public from July 1st. The quokka, the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. Quokkas are found on some smaller islands off the coast of Western Australia, particularly Rottnest Island, just off Perth, and also Bald Island near Albany, and in isolated, scattered populations in forest and coastal heath between Perth and Albany. A small colony exists at the eastern limit of their range in a protected area of Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, where they co-exist with the critically endangered Gilbert's potoroo. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )