Kangaroos or kangaroo is one of the mammals that have pouch (marsupial). Is relatively typical animal animals australia. The word kangaroo taken from aboriginal language that is gangguru.
Origin of name kangaroo has a unique story. On one day, the American origin of the English sailors landed in Australia. The sailor then see an animal that is very unique, marsupial. The sailor then ask questions on the aborigines, indigenous australia there.
Seamen ask the question, what animal is that? Answered, kang-ga-roo. Kanggaroo sailors assumed that the name of the animal. So they named the animal kanggaroo, Behold, the aboriginal people say, I do not know!
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Various species of kangaroos
There are three species of kangaroo, namely:
- Red kangaroos, red kangaroo is the largest marsupial animal alive. If standing height can reach increasingly more 2 meter. Reach and weight 90 kg. Kangaroo this type generally move in large groups. They sleep during the day the weather was very hot. If there is no water, they can track the moisture from the green plants. They also can multiply only if there is no rain, and grow new crops.
- Eastern gray kangaroo, eastern gray kangaroos can be found in the fertile australia east side.
- Western gray kangaroos, western gray kangaroos can be found on the west side australia, australia south side which is close to the beach and river basin darling. Gray kangaroos very numerous. They live in the forests of eucalyptus that is open and in a grassy area. They eat grass.
Habitat Kangaroos
Kangaroos have two hind legs are very strong, large paw designed to jump. Regular kangaroo jump with two feet to a speed of 20-25 km / h. However, they can jump up to speed reaches 70 km / h. Kangaroo life expectancy of approximately 9-18 years. Although sometimes there are kangaroos that can survive up to 28 years ..
If we call this kangaroo animal must be identified with their home country, Australia. But did you know that these animals not only have our neighboring country australia. Indonesia also has a place where these animals live. Such as, the area where the marsupials that live at one with nature beautiful.
Until now there are approximately ten types of kangaroos in the Indo-Pacific locations. Half in Indonesia. Moreover, among them newly discovered type. Mbaiso tree kangaroo (dendrolagus mbaiso) is found at the location of the sub-alpine forest of Papua. Type the others are ornamental tree kangaroo (denrolagus goodfellowi), tree kangaroos ndomea (dendrolagus dorianus), tree kangaroos nemena (d. Ursinus), as well as tree kangaroos wakera (dendrolagus inustus). Form and type of animal is naturally not much difference. Just are not the same size. Kangaroos are marsupials strange animals and strange. Similar faced deer, way to step back foot jump and has a size greater than the 2nd front legs.
Population Kangaroos
The group is also used to live among the dense jungle and undergrowth. A form of tree kangaroo tail is rather long and round and hairy from the base to the tip of its tail, but form a more pointed snout of muzzle form kangaroo land. In the land of kangaroos 2nd front legs plus smaller than the hind legs, tail tapered at the ends and not hairy. Snout not too pointy and not hairy like the tree kangaroo. Then smaller claws. Perhaps this is in accordance with needs that do not need to hold on to branches.
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