angaroos or kangaroo is a mammal that has a pouch (marsupials). These animals include animals typically Australian. The word kangaroo is taken from gangguru Aboriginal language.
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* 1 Zoology
o 1.1 Makropod
* 2 Physical Description
* 3 Reference
* 4 See also
* 5 External links

[edit] Zoology

There are three species of kangaroo:

Red kangaroo
Red Kangaroo is the largest marsupial animal is still alive. When standing height can reach more than 2 meters and weighs up to 90 kg. Kangaroo species usually move in large groups. They sleep in the afternoon when the hot weather. If there is no water, they will seek moisture from green plants. They also will only multiply when there is rain and grow new plants.
Kangaroo Eastern Gray
Kangaroo Eastern Gray can be found in the fertile eastern part of Australia.
Gray kangaroo West
Gray kangaroos can be found in Western Australia western part, southern Australia near the coast and the Darling River basin. Gray kangaroos are many in number. They live in eucalyptus forests and open grassy areas. They eat grass.

[edit] Makropod

In addition, there are 60 smaller makropod still associated with the kangaroos are:

* Tree Kangaroo. This type of kangaroo lives in trees. By day they sleep in the branches of trees. At night they eat leaves and fruit. Tree kangaroos can be found in the tropical rain forest in dense northeastern Australia and New Guinea. Several tree kangaroos are protected animals. Most of them are nearly extinct due to destruction of the environment.
* Wallabi
* Wallaroo
* Quokka

[edit] Physical Description

Kangaroo has two strong hind legs, large feet designed for leaping. Kangaroos jump with a speed usually 20-25 km / hour. But they can jump up to speed to 70 km / hour. Kangaroo life expectancy of about 9-18 years. Although sometimes there are kangaroos can survive up to 28 years