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What is a Quokka? The quokka, Setonix brachyurus , is a small marsupial in the kangaroo and wallaby family Macropodidae. It is native to southwestern Western Australia, where wild population…

What is a Secretarybird? The Secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius , is a large African bird of prey and the only living species in the family Sagittariidae. It lives across much of sub-Sah…

What is a Koala? The Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus , is a tree-dwelling marsupial native to eastern and southeastern Australia. It is the only living member of the family Phascolarctidae. Ko…

What is a Common Tailorbird? The Common Tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius , is a small songbird in the Cisticolidae family. It lives across South and Southeast Asia, from eastern Pakistan thro…

The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus , is a semi-aquatic rodent that spends much of its life in wetlands across North America. It lives around marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, drainage chann…

Partridge is a common name used for a group of ground-living birds in the order Galliformes. It does not refer to one single species. Most partridges belong to the family Phasianidae, a large …

Quail is a common name used for a group of small ground-living birds in the order Galliformes. It does not describe one single species. Quail are divided into two main groups: Old World quail …