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An Animal The Red Kangaroo

The red kangaroo is the largest mammal found in Australia. Males can grow up to 2 meters tall and weigh up to 90 kg. They have muscular tails that are 1 meter long which they use for balance when hopping. Red kangaroos are herbivores that mainly eat grasses. Females have pouches where their joeys complete development.

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An Animal The Red Kangaroo

The red kangaroo is the largest mammal found in Australia. Males can grow up to 2 meters tall and weigh up to 90 kg. They have muscular tails that are 1 meter long which they use for balance when hopping. Red kangaroos are herbivores that mainly eat grasses. Females have pouches where their joeys complete development.

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THE RED KANGAROO

PASSPORT

NAME: Red Kangaroo


HEIGHT: 2 metres
WEIGHT: 90 kg.
LENGTH OF TAIL: 1 metre
FEEDING: Herbivorous (mainly grasses)
HABITAT: Australia
COLOUR: Red-brown
LOCOMOTION: Hopping
OTHER FEATURES: pouch for joeys
(females), largest mammal in its habitat.

1. Look at the red kangaroo’s passport and circle the correct option to
complete its description:

The red kangaroo is the largest / shortest bird / mammal in


Australia / America . The males grow up to 1.5 / 2 metres tall / wide
and weigh up to 90 / 80 kg. They have got a muscular tail that can be 1 /
0.5 metre long. They use this tail as a third leg for balance. The red
kangaroo is an carnivore / herbivore , and it eats mainly grasses / meat .
It has got short red-brown / grey fur. Its means of locomotion is
hopping /crawling . The females have got a pouch, called marsupium, in
which joeys complete postnatal development.

2. Match the questions on the left to the answers on the right:

1. What animal is it? a. Mainly grasses.


2. How tall is it? b. Red-brown.
3. How heavy is it? c. Females have got a pouch.
4. How long is its tail? d. In Australia.
5. What does it eat? e. The red kangaroo.
6. Where does it live? f. Hopping.
7. What colour is it? g. Up to 2 metres.
8. What is its means of locomotion? h. 1 metre.
9. Has it got any other special feature? i. Up to 90 kg.

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