🦘Eastern grey kangaroo
Grå kæmpekænguru (Macropus giganteus) er en kænguru, der er vidt udbredt i den østlige del af det australske fastland og desuden findes på Tasmanien. Grå kæmpekænguru findes både i tørre skove og i busk- og hedelandskaber såvel som i landbrugsland. Den er blevet almindeligere i nogle områder, fordi den har kunnet udnytte kunstige vandhuller for kvæget. Det er et flokdyr, der samles hvor der er rigelig føde. Hvor arten gør skade på afgrøder, græsgange eller hegn, er det tilladt at regulere bestanden ved jagt.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 41 kg
- Body length
- 1.14 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Eastern grey kangaroo
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass41 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 50 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.14 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass70 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length8.68 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation36 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 36 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.41 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density30 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l42 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eastern grey kangaroo yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyMacropodidae
- ›genusMacropus
- ›speciesMacropus giganteus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyMacropodidae
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyMacropodidae
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