Kangaroo is a marsupial, from the family Macropodidae, what means “large foot”. A common myth about the kangaroo's English name is that "kangaroo" was a Guugu Yimithirr phrase for "I don't understand you." According to this

legend, Lieutenant Cook and naturalist Sir Joseph Banks were exploring the area when they happened upon the animal. They asked a nearby local what the creatures were called. The local responded "Kangaroo", meaning "I don't understand you", which Cook took to be the name of the creature. The Kangaroo myth was debunked in the 1970s by linguist John B. Haviland in his research with the Guugu Yimithirr people.

Kangaroos have big, and muscular hind legs, big tail (to help balance), large feet adapted for leaping, and little head. also female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium where the baby kangaroos are carried. There is a lot of types kangaroos in Australia and the most famous one is the red kangaroo. Based powerful hind legs, they rush jumps to 12 m in length and up to 3 m in height. The body weight is 80 kg. Kangaroos mainly like to eat leaves and grass in the wild. Kangaroos get much of their moisture they need from their diet, which means they can go with a long periods without drinking water. Kangaroos are highly social. They often live in groups known as mobs, troops or courts, which can range in size from 10 to more than 100 kangaroos. Males box with each other to establish dominance. A lot of kangaroos live in the great victoria desert, in the wild. Eastern Grey kangaroos are found in the eastern half of Queensland, most of New South Wales and Victoria and small areas of South Australia. Red Kangaroos are found throughout the interior of the continent - not the dry desert but in semi-arid desert areas - and on part of the Western Australian coast.


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