KANGAROOS

Kangaroos are marsupials. The male Kangaroos are called "bucks", the females are "does" and the baby Kangaroos are "joeys". When the joey Kangaroo is born they live in the mothers pouch.

The term kangaroo is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all members of the macropod family, but is generally reserved for the four largest macropods, namely the Red Kangaroo, the Antilopine Kangaroo, and the Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroo of the Macropus genus.

The word kangaroo derives from the Guugu Yimidhirr, an Australian Aboriginal language, word gangurru, referring to a grey kangaroo. The name was first recorded as "Kangooroo or Kanguru" on 4 August 1770, by Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook on the banks of the Endeavour River at the site of modern Cooktown.

Kangaroos diet consists of grass, leaves and the shoots of small trees. The Kangaroo appears on the Australian coat of arms along with the Emu.



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