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Who found the first kangaroo?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Sea explorer James Cook and his crew were the first known Europeans to record observations of the kangaroo. Botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who was aboard Cook's ship The Endeavour, made the first detailed notes on the creature, recording the Aboriginal word "gangurru" as "kangaru".

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