kangaroos

     

A kangaroo is a large Australian marsupial.

Trivia about kangaroos

  • In 1802 Matthew Flinders named an island for the large number of these meat-providing marsupials there
  • Some of these largest marsupials can travel up to 16 feet in one leap
  • The reverse of the Australian one-dollar coin shows 5 of these animals
  • This marsupial has powerful hind legs & feet for hopping & leaping; the gray species can clear more than 30 feet in a bound
  • The biggest marsupials