Red Kangaroos - Feeding
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During a drought when there is no water and the rains are rare, Red Kangaroos may easily survive if there is enough grass and plant life from which it can get water. These animals like to sleep out in the open air although, when it is too hot, they like to hide in the shades of the trees. To keep cool the Red Kangaroo will lick its coat.
Red Kangaroos - Appearance
This big animal has a long body about 65 inches with a tail 42 inches long that acts as a steering rudder. They weigh up to 198 pounds with the males usually bigger than the females. They have long pointed ears. Their front legs are small whereas their back legs are big and very strong with long feet. Their long powerful tail is used for balance when hopping and leaping. The kangaroos, especially the females, are blue-gray in color despite their name. The male Red Kangaroos have short dense woolly fur and are colored pale red to a brick red. In some areas the kangaroos may be both red.
Even though these animals look cuddly, they are to be approached with caution. They have evolved with a large claw attached to its hind leg; therefore this makes these marsupials very dangerous. The muzzle is dusky, naked and sharply defined. There are distinctive black and white patches on each side of the muzzle. Red Kangaroos travel with their head down.
Red Kangaroos - Gestation Period
Female Red Kangaroos are ready to mate at an age of 15-20 months, while males become mature when they are 2 years old. The gestation period of the kangaroo is very short; it lasts 33 days after mating, and mating can occur again a day or two after parturition.
The baby Red Kangaroo, called a "joey", is carried in a special pouch on the lower part of the body where the little animal sleeps, eats and hides when there is a danger. Mothers always recognize their babies in a herd.
There is only one joey that is born. Usually the female begins to clean out her pouch several days before she gives birth to a joey. The little animals are tiny, hairless and blind when they are born and average only 2.5 centimeters long. As soon as a joey is born, it crawls up the mother's fur, into her pouch and immediately attaches itself to a nipple.
Thus the little animal stays in a pouch for 235 days. There are different nipples in a pouch that are designed for a joey to use during each stage of its growing process. Usually when the conditions are favorable, Red Kangaroos produce and raise an average of three young every two years.
Red Kangaroos - General Information Links
Giant Red Kangaroos - Types of Kangaroo. Red Kangaroo description. Three species of large Kangaroos.
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Interesting Red Kangaroo Facts - Classification, description, diet, interesting fats about Red Kangaroos.
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Red Kangaroo distribution map.
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Short Facts about Red Kangaroos - Appearance, nature, reproduction.
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Summary on Red Kangaroos - Food, breeding, habitat.
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The Largest Type of the Kangaroo - General information and links about Kangaroos. Scientific classification, etc.
The Most Famous Animals of Australia - The information on albino or white Kangaroos. Some other species of Kangaroos.
Types of Kangaroos - Links and photo, plus major information on all different kinds of Kangaroos.
Wild Red Kangaroo Park - The information of the animal and description of the wild park.
Wildlife of Australian Red Kangaroos - Australian wildlife gallery of animals including Red Kangaroo, information of behavior, gestation, food habits, etc.
Yahoo Red Kangaroos - Appearance, habits, food habits, etc.
Zoo Red Kangaroo - Pictures and funny facts about Red Kangaroos.
