giant kangaroo
Australia's largest hopper
Giant kangaroo refers to any of the large kangaroo species native to Australia, particularly the red kangaroo—the largest living marsupial.
Males can stand over six feet tall and weigh nearly 200 pounds.
The term distinguishes these from smaller wallabies and tree-kangaroos: We spotted a giant kangaroo bounding across the outback.
- marsupialPouch-bearing mammal
- pouchSmall flexible bag
- hoppingLeaping in succession
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
Australian outback · down under · joey · prehistoric · megafauna · ice age · bounding · tail · eucalyptus · grassland · extinct · powerful · legs · herbivore · grazing · mammoth · massive · muscular
- extinct megafaunawoolly mammoth, mammoth, mastodon, saber-toothed cat, saber-tooth tiger
- prehistoric mammalsmammoth, mastodon, woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat, dire wolf
- Australian Prehistorythylacine, Tasmanian tiger, thunder bird, stromatolites
- Aboriginal Prehistorystone tools, boomerangs, didgeridoo, spears, rock shelters
- sthenurine
size within marsupials
giant kangaroowallaby
Small Australian marsupial
quokka · bilby · numbat · sugar glider · tree-kangaroo