🦘Red kangaroo
The red kangaroo is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as southern Western Australia, the eastern and southeastern coasts, and the rainforests along the northern coast.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 36 kg
- Body length
- 1.6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 30 years
Everything we know about the Red kangaroo
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass36 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 55 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.6 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass65 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan30 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 25 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length9.03 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation33 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 33 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 range4.08 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density11 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l36 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 Red kangaroo yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDiprotodontia
- ›familyMacropodidae
- ›genusMacropus
- ›speciesMacropus rufus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyMacropodidae
- genusOsphranter
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderKangaroos, koalas & possums · Diprotodontia
- familyMacropodidae
- genusOsphranter
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