Eastern grey kangaroo
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The eastern grey kangaroo’s legs are built to use less energy as it moves faster.
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The eastern grey kangaroo’s legs are built to use less energy as it moves faster.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Eastern grey kangaroo
- Scientific name
- Macropus giganteus
- Japanese name
- オオカンガルー
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Genus
- Macropus
A kangaroo of eastern Australia. It lives in groups, mostly in forests on the plains.
Babies are born very small and grow inside their mother's pouch. Even after leaving it, a young kangaroo puts its head back in to drink milk.
It rests in the forest during the day and is active from evening into the night. It is a plant-eater that feeds on grass and leaves.
How the Eastern grey kangaroo lives
It travels over the ground by hopping. Males and females use clucking sounds to communicate with each other and their young. Males make a throaty cough when warning each other or fighting. When it senses danger, it stamps its hind legs on the ground.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Body length: 96–115 cm
- Weight
- males 55–65 kg
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Diet
- Mainly grasses and leaves
- Range
- Eastern Australia
Where the Eastern grey kangaroo has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- オオカンガルー
- 简体中文
- 东部灰大袋鼠
- 繁體中文
- 東部灰大袋鼠
- 한국어
- 동부회색캥거루
- Español
- Canguro gris oriental
- Français
- Kangourou géant
- Português (Brasil)
- Canguru-cinzento
- Italiano
- Canguro grigio orientale
- العربية
- كنغر شرقي رمادي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kanguru Abu-abu Timur
- Русский
- Гигантский кенгуру
- Türkçe
- Doğu boz kangurusu
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 金沢動物園 — オオカンガルーChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Macropus giganteusChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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