Palm Beach Zoo - Red Kangaroo

Red Kangaroo

Macropus Rufus: The red kangaroo is the largest living marsupial, with large males standing over 6 feet tall.; As a resident of the dry open plains of central Australia, the red kangaroo most commonly forages for food during dawn and dusk when the temperatures are cooler.; An underdeveloped joey, about the size of a kidney bean, is born after a gestation of 33 days at which point it climbs up its mother's fur and attaches to a nipple inside the pouch where it remains until it reaches 6-8 months of age.; Fairly common through out central Australia, red kangaroos are often viewed as pests to farmers and ranchers and are very often hunted and eaten.; Males are red where as females are more gray.