Facts and Features of Kangaroos

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Diprotodontia

Family: Macropodidae

Genre: Macropus

Scientific Name: Macropus giganteus

Type: Mammals

Diet: Omnivorous

Size: 0.6-1.5m (1,9-4.9 ft)

Weight: 18-95kg (200 lbs-40)

Maximum speed: 56 kmh (35 mph)

Life Period: 4-10 years

Lifestyle: Sociable

Life status :Threatened

Color:Tan, Brown, Grey

Skin Type:Fur

Favorite Eating Habit: Grass

Habitat:Dry forest, grassland and deserts

Average litter size: 2

Main Prey: Grass,Seeds,flowers

Attackers: Human Dingo

Features:Hop on hind legs and Pouch on female 

The kangaroos are indigenous to Australia and the Indonesian island of New Guinea.Although kangaroos are often congregate in groups,kangaroos are generally fairly solitary mammals but also are known to be social animals,as with other kangaroos.The kangaroos have a deep pouch in which to carry their young.A baby kangaroo is known as joey.Kangaroos eat plants,nuts,berries and insects that kangaroos rummage in the arid wildness.

Kangaroos are best known for their ability to jump a incredible distance.The kangaroo is the largest of the marsupials,a group of animals that includes a common brushtail possums and koalas.Marsupials are featured by the bag that these animals have in bellies, to carry their young ones.

There are three main species of kangaroos in existence today and these are the red kangaroo,which is the largest and best known of all species.The eastern gray kangaroo is known to be the heaviest species of kangaroo irrespective of  the fact that the red kangaroo is higher.The western gray kangaroo can be found in large counts and can be anywhere in color from gray to brown.Also it is the national animal and the emblem of Australia .

Kangaroos have large,flat feet that kangaroos used in order to move which make by jumping.Despite the fact that kangaroos do not move in the general way,kangaroos can often be seen running at high speeds,usually when it  is scared or attacked by predators.

Although kangaroos are not commercially cultivated but are hunted by human hunters for sport,meat,skin, and when farmers are conserving their grazing lands for their sheep and cattle.This sustainable method of hunting  is said to have more health and environmental benefits that the sheep and cattle.

The average age of a wild kangaroo tends to be less than 10 years,although some kangaroo known to be closer to 20 years.When the kangaroo is in captivity,it survives for an age of around 23 years