What is the name of the place where a kangaroo lives?

Answer 1

Kangaroos are native to Australia. Tree kangaroos can be found on the island of New Guineaas well as in the far northern rainforests of Australia, but that is the only variety found naturally anywhere else apart from Australia.

Kangaroos' habitats include grasslands, mulga scrub, bushland (not too dense) and open plains - wherever there is food, and shade trees. Red kangaroos prefer this type of habitat. They will generally not frequent rocky slopes and hillsides, this being more territory for wallabies and wallaroos. However, they will shelter under cliffs and in caves in bad weather.

Some members of the kangaroo family can be very small, and these smaller members dig burrows in desert and semi-arid areas, living on insects, larvae, fungi and plant roots. Larger kangaroos, such as the reds and greys, do not live in the desert (despite what some overseas websites report) because there is insufficient food there.

Wallabies, another member of the kangaroo family, are commonly found in scrubland and bushland throughout Australia (including Tasmania), and rock wallabies and wallaroos may be found in hilly, rocky areas. Wallabies have been introduced to New Zealand, but any sightings there have been of kangaroos remain unconfirmed. Some zoos in other countries have licences to have kangaroos in captivity.

Answer 2

Depending on the species of kangaroo, they are found over most of the continent, from the semi-arid outback, to the tropical rainforests (for tree kangaroos), to the coastal heathlands, to the sub-alpine high country.

Answer 3

There is no specific name for a place where a kangaroo lives. Kangaroos are native to Australia (and tree kangaroos are also native to New Guinea).

Kangaroos do not make any particular shelter for themselves, so there is also no specific name for their home.

Answer 4

In the zoo or in Australia!