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.
Location at Palm Beach Zoo
- Kangaroo Yard on the west side of the Zoo
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