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Osphranter is a genus of large marsupials in the family Macropodidae, commonly known as kangaroos and wallaroos (among other species). It contains the largest extant marsupial, the red kangaroo (O. rufus).
Gambu Ganuurru (or Cumbo Gunnerah in an older spelling), also known as the Red Chief, or Red Kangaroo was a Kamilaroi (Gamilaraay) man who lived in the area that is now the town of Gunnedah in north-west New South Wales in the 18th century. He had a reputation as a warrior and leader of the Gunn-e-darr people. [1]
It involves a vain kangaroo who asks three gods to make him unlike other animals, and sought-after. Two of them, the Little God Nqa and the Middle God Nquing, refuse, and only the third, the Big God Nqong, accepts. The result is Yellow-Dog Dingo trying to catch Kangaroo all across Australia, explaining how kangaroos came to have strong legs.
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.
The Melbourne Argus said "There is always danger in trying to sentimentalise a savage, it leaves the reader with a double standard. Red Kangaroo's code, in the matter of homicide, pillage and wife-stealing is very different from ours, and his mental processes would be more realistic if they were not so close to those of a typical member of a junior chamber of commerce."
Old Man Kangaroo Kangaroo The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo: Rudyard Kipling [1] [2] Roo and his mother, Kanga: Kangaroo Winnie-the-Pooh: A.A. Milne: Red Kangaroo Kangaroo, Red Dot and the Kangaroo: Ethel C. Pedley Sour Kangaroo Kangaroo: Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss: A cold-hearted kangaroo who destroys Horton's spirit about people on tiny ...
A male red kangaroo Red kangaroos, Liverpool Plains, Sydney, c. 1819. Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. [1]
The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 19 January 2025, it has 216,693 articles, 189,456 registered users and 7,469 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...