Gray giant kangaroos
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Two closely related species of kangaroo from the genus Macropus are referred to as gray giant kangaroos , where together they subgenus the subgenus Macropus . Macropus form.
The two types are:
- the Eastern Gray Kangaroo ( Macropus giganteus ) and
- the western gray kangaroo ( Macropus fuliginosus ).
Gray giant kangaroos are the largest living kangaroos and marsupials after the red giant kangaroos. They reach a head-trunk length of 0.8 to 1.4 meters, plus a tail up to 1 meter long, and a weight of up to 55 kilograms. The mostly gray fur of the western species can also be brownish in color. Like all kangaroos, gray giant kangaroos have muscular hind legs, short front legs and an elongated head with large ears.
Gray giant kangaroos are distributed across the southern and eastern regions of Australia and, unlike many other kangaroos, are not endangered species.
For more details see under the two articles.
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1999, ISBN 0801857899 .
