Great-grey kangaroo

Japanese: オオカンガルー - おおかんがるー(英語表記)great-grey kangaroo
Great-grey kangaroo

An animal of the Marsupial order of the Mammalia class, family Kangarooidae. Also known as the grey kangaroo. It is found in Australia and Tasmania. It is one of the largest animals in the family, with a head and body length of 1.1 to 1.5 meters, males nearly twice as large as females, and weigh up to 80 kilograms. Its body color varies widely, from gray-brown to reddish brown to brown. It lives in groups in the forests of the plains, and its staple food is grass.

[Ryuji Nakazato]

[Reference] | Kangaroo
Main species of kangaroos [specimen illustration]
©Kimura Shuji ">

Main species of kangaroos [specimen illustration]


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

哺乳(ほにゅう)綱有袋目カンガルー科の動物。別名ハイイロカンガルー。オーストラリアとタスマニア島に分布する。同科のなかでもっとも大きいものの一つで、頭胴長1.1~1.5メートル、雄は雌の2倍近くあり、体重80キログラムに達する。体色は灰褐色、赤褐色、褐色と変化に富んでいる。平原の森林に群れで生活し、主食は草である。

[中里竜二]

[参照項目] | カンガルー
カンガルーのおもな種類〔標本画〕
©木村しゅうじ">

カンガルーのおもな種類〔標本画〕


出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Okanzakura - Okanzakura

>>:  Mount Ogawara - Mount Ogawara

Recommend

Šalda, FX (English spelling) SaldaFX

…A Central European republic that existed from 19...

Esmodiskus belt - Esmodiskusutai

...In the Northern Hemisphere, it is found only i...

Monetaria annulus (English spelling)

…[Tadashige Nabe]. . … *Some of the terminology t...

Haggadah

…The second, Halakhah (originally meaning “way of...

Mechanical pencil - Sharp Penshiru

A writing instrument with a replaceable lead, in ...

Ganshin

〘Name〙 = Gansatsu (geese tag) *Shin-edited Fukujyo...

Brand - Marlon Brando

American film actor. Born in Omaha, Nebraska. Reb...

Paiute - Paiute (English spelling)

A tribe of American Indians who live in the Great ...

Alfeca - Alfeca

…Alpha is also called Gemma (pearl). Its Arabic n...

Misao Fujimura

Year of death: May 22, 1903 (Meiji 36) Year of bir...

Eudyptes chrysolophus (English spelling)

… [Hiroyuki Morioka]. … *Some of the terminology ...

Underground Small Theatre

… [New Theatre Today] Thus, from the 1950s to the...

Allatotropin

…The secretory activity of the corpus allata is r...

spinning gland

…Most spiders have three pairs of these protrusio...

Silicic acid (silicic acid)

It usually refers to orthosilicic acid, H 4 SiO 4 ...