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Kangaroos, little Joey Canguros, pequeño Joey Kangaroos eating, with a little joey learning to jump Canguros comiendo con un Canguros pequeño que aprende a saltar

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Kangaroos, little JoeyCanguros, pequeño Joey

Kangaroos eating, with a little joey learning to jump

Canguros comiendo con un Canguros pequeño que aprende a saltar

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El término canguro es el nombre común que se utiliza para designar a las especies de mayor tamaño de la subfamilia Macropodinae, tal como el término ualabí se utiliza para denominar a las de menor tamaño. Se utiliza también a veces en un sentido más amplio, o extenso, para referirse a casi todos los miembros de la familia de los macrópodos.Existen muchas especies denominadas canguro, y aquí se ven reflejadas tres de ellas:

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El canguro rojo (Macropus rufus), el cual es el mayor de los canguros y el mayor de los marsupiales aún en existencia. Los canguros rojos ocupan el centro árido y semi-árido de Australia. Un macho adulto puede medir 1,5 m de altura y pesar 85 kg.El canguro gris oriental (Macropus giganteus), menos conocido que el canguro rojo, pero avistado más frecuentemente, ya que su rango cubre el área oriental fértil australiana.El canguro gris occidental (Macropus fuliginosus), de tamaño menor y encontrado al sur de la Australia occidental, sur de Australia cerca de la costa y en la cuenca del río Darling.Los canguros poseen grandes y poderosas patas traseras, grandes pies aptos para saltar, una cola larga y musculosa para mantener el equilibrio y una cabeza pequeña. Los canguros son herbívoros, alimentándose de pasto y raíces. Todas las especies son nocturnas y crepusculares, usualmente pasando el día en quietud y alimentándose durante las tardes y noches frías, generalmente en grupos. Tienen una esperanza de vida de 18 años aproximadamente.

Los canguros se encuentran principalmente en Oceanía. Popularmente el canguro es conocido como el animal más representativo de Australia.

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The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus: the red kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to Australia. The Australian government estimates that 34.3 million kangaroos lived within the commercial harvest areas of Australia in 2011, up from 25.1 million one year earlier.

the terms "wallaroo" and "wallaby", "kangaroo" refers to a polyphyletic grouping of species. All three refer to members of the same taxonomic family, Macropodidae, and are distinguished according to size. The largest species in the family are called "kangaroos" and the smallest are generally called "wallabies". The term "wallaroos" refers to species of an intermediate size. There is also the tree-kangaroo, another genus of macropod, which inhabits the tropical rainforests of New Guinea, far northeastern Queensland and some of the islands in the region. A general idea of the relative size of these informal terms could be:

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wallabies: head and body length of 45–105 cm and tail length of 33–75 cm; The dwarf wallaby (the smallest member) length is 46 cm and weigh of 1.6 kg;tree-kangaroos: from Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo body and head length of 48–65 cm, tail of 60–74 cm, weigh of 7.2 kg (16 lb) for males and 5.9 kg (13 lb) for females; to the grizzled tree-kangaroo length of 75–90 cm (30 to 35 in) and weight of 8–15 kg (18–33 lb);wallaroos: the black wallaroo, the smallest by far, with a tail length of 60–70 cm and weight of 19–22 kg for males and 13 kg for females;kangaroos: a large male can be 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 90 kg (200 lb).

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Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. Like most marsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development.

The large kangaroos have adapted much better than the smaller macropods to land clearing for pastoral agriculture and habitat changes brought to the Australian landscape by humans. Many of the smaller species are rare and endangered, while kangaroos are relatively plentiful.

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