Red kangaroo

Macropus rufus · Macropodidae

The red kangaroo is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as southern Western Australia, the eastern and southeastern coasts, and the rainforests along the northern coast.

Where the Red kangaroo lives

Recorded in Ashmore and Cartier Is. (Oceania).

Most records fall in South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Victoria and Northern Territory.

See the Red kangaroo’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 80,814 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.