Anecdotes about the origin of the kangaroo name of the kangaroo

Along with koalas, kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. Nearly, the animals of this country are completely different from the rest of the world. In it, kangaroo is typical of them. Few people know that the kangaroo name has a very special anecdote.

Classify kangaroos

A kangaroo uncle on the coast.

1. Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest marsupial. A large male can be 2m tall and weighs 90kg.
2. The eastern gray kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) is less known than the red kangaroo (outside Australia), but most often, because of its territorial scope covering the eastern Australia.
3. The Western gray kangaroo (Macropus Fuliginosus) is slightly smaller, it weighs about 54kg for a large male. They are often found in the southern part of Western Australia, South Australia near the Darling coast and basin.
4. Antilopine (Macropus antilopinus) kangaroo is a northern kangaroo breed.

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Kangaroo is one of the most famous marsupials. They live in Australia's vast flat prairies. They also occur in open areas of New Guinea, Tasmania and New Zealand. In other continents, they can only be found in zoos.

Kangaroo lives in Australia's vast flat steppe.

Origin of the name 'kangaroo'

The name kangaroo is derived from "gang -oo-roo" in the language Guugu Yimidhirr which means gray kangaroo.

According to an anecdote, Captain James Cook and natural researcher Sir Joseph Banks met a strange animal during the study in Australia. They asked the residents of the native people of the animal's name and received a Kangaroo answer, meaning "I don't understand". Captain Cook thought it was the animal's name. However, in 1898, the ethnologist WE Roth confirmed , Guugu Yimithirr's "gangurru" means kangaroo.