Facts about Kangaroos
15. Kangaroos are the largest living marsupials from the family Macropodidae.
14. Kangaroos are found in Australia as well as New Guinea.
13. Female kangaroos can determine the sex of their offspring.
12. They are expert jumpers, and even swimmers, and they live in groups called mobs.
11. A fully grown kangaroo can jump up to 40 feet and bounce along at speeds up to 40mph.
10. Female kangaroos sport a pouch on their belly, made by a fold in the skin, to cradle baby kangaroos called joeys.
9. The red kangaroo is the world's largest marsupial.
8. The name kangaroo is used broadly to include all species within the super-family of macropods.
7. A male kangaroo is called a boomer.
6. The long tail of a kangaroo serves as a balancing tool.
5. There are over 60 different species of kangaroo and their close relatives, with all kangaroos belonging to the super family Macropodoidea (or macropods, meaning ‘great-footed’).
4. Kangaroos have very good eyesight but only when an object is moving.
3. A female kangaroo is called a flyer.
2. Diet: Herbivore. Grazing on grass, leaves and roots, they swallow their food whole, regurgitating a cud to chew on.
1. There are four different kangaroo species, the red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and antilopine kangaroo.
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