Kangaroo marsupial 28. The largest living marsupial the red kangaroo grows up to 18m 511 in height and 90 kilograms 200 lb in weight but extinct genera such as diprotodon were significantly larger and heavier. Macropod reproduction kangaroo and wallaby is truly fascinating. Latin name common name period alive and a brief description. The following is an incomplete list of extinct australian megafauna monotremes marsupials birds and reptiles in the format.
Download for free on all your devices computer smartphone or tablet. In common use the term is used to. In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family especially those of the genus macropus. While most marsupials are native to australia and.
National geographic documentary kangaroo king bbc wildlife animals the kangaroo is a marsupial from the family macropodidae macropods meaning large foot. The red kangaroo antilopine kangaroo eastern grey kangaroo and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroo females get pregnant in the regular way. Kangaroo any of six large species of australian marsupials noted for hopping and bouncing on their hind legs.
Theyre marsupials which means that they carry their babies in a pouch. They shed an egg from their ovary and it drifts down the fallopian tube where if it meets up with sperm the egg is fertilized and then embeds itself in the wall of its mothers uterus. 28 marsupial hd wallpapers and background images. Monotremes are arranged by size with the largest at the top.
Once inside the infant sometimes called a joey feeds and continues to grow by attaching itself to a nipple. The actual word was gangurru and the aboriginals used it for describing the grey kangaroo. Take a look below for 28 more interesting and weird facts about kangaroos. The term kangaroo most specifically used refers to the eastern gray kangaroo the western gray kangaroo and the red kangaroo as well as to the antilopine kangaroo and two species of wallaroo.