An orphaned joey which was adopted this week by a police officer has been named Cuejo – and the pair are getting along like father and son already.

Adorable footage shows the four-month-old joey using Constable Scott Mason's shirt as a pouch and following him around Cue Police Station, in Western Australia.

The officer is set to have his hands full over the coming months because he has taken the joey in just after his wife gave birth to their first child.

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Hop in! Adorable footage has surfaced showing Cuejo using policeman Constable Scott Mason's shirt as a pouch

'Because it needs to be fed every three hours, it's going to be my little child basically as my wife's in Perth with our newborn,' Const Mason said.

Cuejo was pulled from the pouch of its mother after she was hit and killed by a truck on Wednesday morning.

Fears were held for the joey's survival, but the officer stepped in and volunteered to nurse the animal back to health.

'It's very dehydrated and skinny, but we're doing what we can,' he said.

Constable Mason, a former paramedic with a passion for animals, only moved to Cue six weeks ago.

Const Mason, the Cue community liaison officer, said he hoped to start a wildlife rescue centre in the remote town, with a population estimated at less than 300.

The video shows Constable Mason is clearly getting along with his new bouncing buddy like a house on fire

Cuejo, whose mother was hit by a truck in Western Australia's remote Mid West, has been adopted by Constable Mason (pictured)