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  2. Eastern grey kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    Eastern grey kangaroos are polygynous which means that one male mates with multiple females. Males do a lot of intraspecific competition for mates which includes male-male fights to determine dominance between the two males. When a dominant male finds a female in estrus, he will court the female and eventually they copulate. [22]

  3. Red kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus [5]) is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial.It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as southern Western Australia, the eastern and southeastern coasts, and the rainforests along the northern coast.

  4. Tree-kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    Two species of tree-kangaroos are found in Australia, Bennett's (D. bennetianus), which is found north of the Daintree River and Lumholtz's (D. lumholtzi). Tree-kangaroos have adapted better to regions of high altitudes. [17] Tree-kangaroos must find places comfortable and well-adapted for breeding, as they only give birth to one joey per year.

  5. Kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    The word kangaroo derives from the Guugu Yimithirr word gangurru, referring to eastern grey kangaroos. [14] [15] The name was first recorded as "kanguru" on 12 July 1770 in an entry in the diary of Sir Joseph Banks; this occurred at the site of modern Cooktown, on the banks of the Endeavour River, where HMS Endeavour under the command of Lieutenant James Cook was beached for almost seven weeks ...

  6. Turns Out Kangaroos Have A 'Fifth Leg' - AOL

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    Red kangaroos are notorious for getting into scuffles with other roos. As Animal Planet notes, during a fight, the animals will deal out some nasty kicks while supporting all of their body weight ...

  7. Marsupial - Wikipedia

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    Living marsupials encompass a wide range of species, including kangaroos, koalas, opossums, possums, Tasmanian devils, wombats, wallabies, and bandicoots, among others. Marsupials constitute a clade stemming from the last common ancestor of extant Metatheria , which encompasses all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals .

  8. Mobs of Kangaroos Invade Charles Sturt University During ...

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    Large mobs of kangaroos have moved closer to civilisation to find food and water as dry conditions in New South Wales worsen, with 100 percent of the state declared by the government to be in ...

  9. Western grey kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    The western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, [4] is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western ...