Are kangaroo rats only found in New Zealand and Australia?

Answer 1

No. Some species of wallabies, which are smaller members of the kangaroo family, have been introduced to New Zealand.

Kangaroos are native to Australia alone - no other continent or island. Tree kangaroos can be found in New Guinea as well as in the far northern rainforests of Australia, but that is the only variety found anywhere else apart from Australia.

Answer 2

Kangaroo rats do not live in either Australia or New Zealand. The rat-kangaroo is native to Australia, but quite different to a kangaroo rat.

Kangaroo rats are rodents, and placental mammals (unlike rat kangaroos, which are marsupials) and native to the deserts of North America. They can be found in the arid and semi-arid areas of North America, specifically, Canada, the United States and Mexico, as long as there is some grass or other vegetation. They dig burrows to shelter themselves from the heat of their environment.

Answer 3

Kangaroo rats do not live in Australia or New Zealand at all. Australia has rat-kangaroos, which are very different creatures, and marsupials, unlike kangaroo rats. New Zealand has neither species.

Kangaroo rats may be named for kangaroos, but they are not members of the kangaroo family nor even distantly related. They are native to North America, and they are rodents, not marsupials. They can be found in the arid and semi-arid areas of North America, specifically, Canada, the United States and Mexico, as long as there is some grass or other vegetation. They dig burrows to shelter themselves from the heat of their environment.

Answer 4

Not at all. There are a few colonies of wild wallabies which have been introduced to New Zealand, but the vast majority of kangaroos are native to, and found in, Australia. There are some species of tree kangaroos which are also found on the island of New Guinea, which is neither part of New Zealand nor Australia.

Answer 5

Kangaroos are native to Australia, while tree kangaroos are also native to the island of New Guinea. these are the only two places where kangaroos are found naturally in the wild.

There is no species of kangaroo which is native to New Zealand, although wallabies have been introduced to that country.

Wallabies have also been introduced to Scotland.