Kangaroo
Learn About The Kangaroo!!
Classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Macropus
Species: Macropus rufus
Reproduction
- female kangaroos give birth to one joey (baby kangaroo) at a time.
- Newborns weigh as little as 0.03 ounces at birth
- joey crawls into its mother's pouch, where it will nurse and continue to grow and develop
Adult Kangaroo with a Joey in her Pouch
The female Kangaroo will hold the baby kangaroo in her pouch until she feels the joey is ready to explore on his/her own.
Two Kangaroos in the grass
Kangaroos usually travel in a pack. When a kangaroo is alarmed it will straighten up to see over any tall objects that might block his/her view.
Kangaroo
Kangaroo's can end up in almost any terrain. This kangaroo found its way to one of the many beaches in Australia.
Behavior
- Kangaroos live and travel in organized groups or "mobs," dominated by the largest male
- The collective noun for kangaroos is a mob, troop or court
- kangaroo cannot walk normally
- slow speeds- a kangaroo will use its tail to form a tripod with its two forelimbs
Names
- Male kangaroos are called boomers, bucks or jacks
- females are does, flyers, or jills
- Babies are called Joeys
Where do they live?
- Kangaroos are found in Australia and Tasmania
- live in varied habitats
- forests
- woodland
- grassy plains
- savannas.