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Eastern Grey Kangaroo young with adult female
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female Eastern Grey Kangaroo in flight
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young playing in late afternoon
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Grey kangaroo - mother and joey.
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Group of Grey Kangaroos under the shade of gum tree at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland.
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Grey Kangaroo male. The male is larger than the female with strong muscular arms. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland..
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This is the rear foot of the male Grey Kangaroo, showing the strong claws. They can use these claws when fighting a rival.
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MAMMAL FACTS |
Description
The Eastern Grey Kangaroo has uniform woolly grey-brown fur, slightly darker on shoulders and mid back. The tail is tipped with black Spends most of the day resting under a shady tree, only moving out to feed from dusk to dawn.
Other Names
Great grey kangaroo, scrub kangaroo
Size
Head & body length: 1 m. Tail Length: 90 cm
Habitat
plains of the inland and the coast from semi-arid mallee scrub through woodland to forest.
Food
grasses and herbs
Breeding
Breeding occurs throughout the year, with peak in summer. Gestation takes about 36 days. Newborn young climbs into the pouch, attaching itself to one of t he four teats. The joey leaves the pouch at about 11 months of age. The joey suckles from the mother until about 18 months old, and by then another young may be in the pouch.
Range
eastern half of Queensland, the majority of New South Wales and Victoria and small areas of South Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Diprotodontia | | Family: | Macropodidae | | Genus: | Macropus | | Species: | giganteus | | Common Name: | Eastern Grey Kangaroo |
Relatives in same Genus
Agile Wallaby (M. agilis)
Tammar Wallaby (M. eugenii)
Western Grey Kangaroo (M. fuliginosus)
Parma Wallaby (M. parma)
Whiptail Wallaby (M. parryi)
Common Wallaroo (M. robustus)
Red-necked Wallaby (M. rufogriseus)
Red Kangaroo (M. rufus)
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