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Red Kangaroo

Common name: Red Kangaroo

Scientific name: Macropus rufus

Location: Australia

Size: length up to 2.4m (including tail), weight up to 85kg

Life Span: between 18 and 20 years

Current Status: not endangered

Habitat: wooded and open grasslands

Fast facts:

  • eats grasses and shrubs between dusk and dawn
  • if there is sufficient green food it does not need to drink water
  • females are called blue flyer because of her blue-grey fur
  • their groups ranging from a few animals up to several hundred animals