What are some Red kangaroo facts?

Answer 1

The Red kangaroo is the largest of the kangaroo species. It is also the largest marsupial. It is found in prolific numbers throughout the interior of the Australian continent - not the dry desert but in semi-arid desert areas - and on part of the Western Australian coast. Red kangaroos need access to water to survive. They cannot survive on just the food they eat for sufficient moisture, despite what some websites may report.

Red kangaroos are herbivores, primarily eating grass and other vegetation, feeding in the early morning and late afternoon/evening towards sunset. Besides grass, they eat young shoots and tender leaves of native shrubs. They enjoy grains as well, but being herbivorous, they do not eat any other animals. They are grazing animals, and they will regurgitate their food to chew like cattle chew their cud.

The red kangaroo is so called because it has a reddish tinge to its brown fur, as opposed to the grey fur of the grey kangaroo. Males can be a strong brick-red colour or a pale red. It has been observed that, in the eastern part of the range of the red kangaroo, females are likely to be more grey in colour, whilst elsewhere within their range both males and females tend to be reddish-brown.