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What is the Quokka's classification?

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The classification of the quokka is:

COMMON NAME: Quokka

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Chordata

CLASS: Mammalia

INFRACLASS: Marsupialia

ORDER: Diprotodontia

FAMILY: Macropodidae

GENUS SPECIES: Setonix brachyurus

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