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Bookmark or Share- Kangaroo Animal Facts - A-Z AnimalsWhat is the lifespan of a Kangaroo? Kangaroos can live for 4 to 10 years. How fast is a Kangaroo? A Kangaroo can travel at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Are kangaroos friendly? Kangaroos are shy and withdrawn by nature. They will rarely attack humans without being provoked first.
- Kangaroo Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBSKangaroos are the world’s largest marsupials. A kangaroo can reach heights from anywhere between 3 to 8 feet and can weigh between 40 and 200 pounds. The eastern gray kangaroo is the heaviest...
- Kangaroo facts and photos - National Geographic KidsKangaroos possess powerful hind legs, a long, strong tail, and small front legs. Kangaroos belong to the animal family Macropus, literally "big foot." Thanks to their large feet, kangaroos can leap some 30 feet (9 meters) in a single bound, and travel more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) per hour. Kangaroos use their strong tails for balance while jumping. They are the tallest of all marsupials ...
- Kangaroo - WikipediaA male red kangaroo Red kangaroos, Liverpool Plains, Sydney, ca. 1819. Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia and New Guinea.
- Characteristics of kangaroos | Britannicakangaroo, Most specifically, any of six large Australasian marsupial s of the family Macropodidae. The term is also used broadly to refer to any of the family’s 65 species. Most kangaroos graze on the Australian plains, but tree kangaroos are arboreal; they climb trees and leap from branch to branch.
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