Red giant kangaroo

"In the mating season, the males fight each other. The strongest male wins the female."

Rode reuzenkangoeroe

  • Macropus rufus

    Scientific name

  • Australië

    Habitat

  • bladeren, bast, stengels en gras

    Food

  • 22 jaar

    Lifetime

  • 90 kilo

    Weight

  • 65 cm tot 1.20 m

    Length

  • 1

    Number of youngsters

  • 33 dagen

    Wear time

  • Veilig

    IUCN Status

  • Ja

    EEP

Wist je dat?

  • 90

    kilo, that's how much a giant kangaroo weighs

  • 8

    months, that's how long a cub stays in the pouch

  • 22

    years, that's how old a red giant kangaroo gets

Largest marsupial

The red giant kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world. Males have no pouch and are the only kangaroo with reddish fur. Females and young have a blue-gray coat color.

Underdeveloped

Immediately after birth, the still underdeveloped kangaroo cub crawls to the pouch where it sucks on a nipple and continues to grow. After eight months, the cub leaves the pouch and then drinks milk for another three months.

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