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Red kangaroo
Macropus rufus
Marsupials ยท Least concern
vs
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Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
Marsupials ยท Vulnerable

4 clips name both of them

2,497 views between them.

Red kangaroo outweighs Koala 6.3ร— โ€” 35.7 kg against 5.6 kg.

Tale of the tape
Body mass
36 kg
๐Ÿฆ˜ Red kangaroo ยท COMBINE
5.65 kg
๐Ÿจ Koala ยท COMBINE
Body length
1.6 m
๐Ÿฆ˜ Red kangaroo ยท COMBINE
0.85 m
๐Ÿจ Koala ยท COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
30 yr
๐Ÿฆ˜ Red kangaroo ยท COMBINE
22 yr
๐Ÿจ Koala ยท COMBINE

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animals caught on camera

Real footage of the animals on this site โ€” hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Diprotodontia (order), home to 202 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 47 million years ago.

Estimates range from 40 to 56 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).