What is the difference between bats and kangaroos?

Answer 1

Although whales and kangaroos are both mammals, there are numerous differences between them.

• Whales live in the sea and kangaroos live on land
• Kangaroos are marsupials and have pouches, while whales are placental mammals and do not have pouches
• Kangaroos can only be found in Australia (and tree kangaroos are also found in New Guinea) but whales are common in many countries and international waters, like the Southern Ocean
• Female kangaroos, like other marsupials, have two vaginas, or what are called paired lateral vaginae. These are for the purpose of transporting the sperm to the womb, but there is a midline pseudovaginal canal for actually giving birth. As well as two vaginas and two uteruses, female marsupials have two fallopian tubes and two cervixes. Whales do not.
• Kangaroos have four limbs and a tail. Whales have fins and a tail.
• Kangaroos have fur, but whales have skin.

Answer 2

Obvious differences between bats and kangaroos include:

• Although both species are mammals, bats are placental mammals, and kangaroos are marsupials.
• Bats are the only mammals capable of independent flight; kangaroos do not fly.
• Bats are much smaller than almost all species of kangaroo.
• Most bats are either insectivorous or fructivorous (fruit-eating) while kangaroos mostly feed on grasses, vegetation and grains. There is a small number of omnivorous kangaroo species, and these will eat insects.
• Bat species are found on all continents except for the Antarctic. Kangaroos are found only on the continent of Australia (and the nearby island of New Guinea).