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Male kangaroos can get big, and depending on the species, they can be as tall as seven feet and weigh as much as 200 pounds. Much of those 200 pounds is pure muscle.
The highest population densities of the red kangaroo occur in the rangelands of western New South Wales. Red kangaroos are commonly mistaken as the most abundant species of kangaroo, but eastern greys actually have a larger population. [25] A large male can be 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 90 kg (200 lb). [26]
Although a big eastern grey male can typically weigh up to 69 kg (152 lb) and have a length of well over 2 m (6 ft 7 in), [4] the scientific name, Macropus giganteus (gigantic large-foot), is misleading: the red kangaroo of the semi-arid inland is larger, weighing up to 90 kg (200 lb).
These sthenurines, or short-faced kangaroos, included species that were more than three times the size of the largest kangaroos living today. The largest, P. goliah, was 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) tall and weighed up to 240 kg (530 lb). [5] These animals lived alongside modern species of kangaroos, but specialised on a diet of leaves from trees and shrubs.
A big male red kangaroo named Quincy hopping in Dresden Zoo, Germany. At times, red kangaroos congregate in large numbers; in areas with much forage, these groups can number as much as 1,500 individuals. Red kangaroos are mostly crepuscular and nocturnal, resting in the shade during the day. [27] However, they sometimes move about during the day.
The zoo said this is common behavior.
The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) grows up to 1.8 m (6 ft) tall and weighs up to 85 kg (187 lb). Females grow up to 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh up to 35 kg (77 lb). Tails on both males and females can be up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long. [citation needed] The eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus).
A large male ostrich can reach a height of 2.8 m (9.2 ft) and weigh over 156 kg (344 lb). [49] A mass of 200 kg (440 lb) has been cited for the ostrich but no wild ostriches of this weight have been verified. [2] Eggs laid by the ostrich are the largest in the world, weighing 1.4 kg (3.1 lb).