Red Kangaroo
Osphranter rufus
Mammalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 8-20 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Crepuscular
- Social
- Herd
- Biome
- Desert
- Range
- Australia
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The largest living marsupial, the red kangaroo bounds across the arid Australian outback in leaps that can clear eight metres in a single stride. Males develop a distinctive rust-red coat while females tend toward a softer blue-grey.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Genus
- Osphranter
- Species
- Osphranter rufus