"Dot and the Kangaroo Dot and the Kangaroo is a children's book written by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. The book was adapted into a stage production in 1924, and a film in 1977. A 5-year-old girl named Dot is lost in the outback after chasing a hare into the wood and losing sight of her home. She is approached by a red kangaroo who gives her some berries to eat. Upon eating the berries, Dot is able"
"Procoptodon Procoptodon is a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. ""P. goliah"", the largest-known kangaroo that ever existed, stood approximately . They weighed about . Other members of the genus are smaller, however; ""Procoptodon gilli"" is the smallest of all of the sthenurine kangaroos, standing approximately tall. ""Procoptodon goliah"" was mainly known for living in semiarid areas of South Australia and New South Wales. These environments were harsh, characterised by vast areas of treeless, wind-blown sand dunes. However, the area around Lake Menindee, in western New South Wales, had a cooler, wetter climate at"
"Giant kangaroo rat The giant kangaroo rat (""Dipodomys ingens"") is an endangered species of heteromyid rodent endemic to California. The giant kangaroo rat, is the largest of over 20 species of kangaroo rats, which are small members of the rodent family, measuring about in length, including its long, tufted tail. It is tan or brown in color. Like other kangaroo rats it has a large head and large eyes, and long, strong hind legs with which helps it hop at high speeds. The giant kangaroo rat has been recently added to the endangered species list due to its habitat being"
"of ""P. goliah"". ""P. goliah's"" need for a constant free-standing source of water, plus its height and its common habitat in open shrub lands, made the ""P. goliah"" more noticeable to the human hunters, thus making it vulnerable to humans who were also water-bound like the ""Procoptodon"". Procoptodon Procoptodon is a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. ""P. goliah"", the largest-known kangaroo that ever existed, stood approximately . They weighed about . Other members of the genus are smaller, however; ""Procoptodon gilli"" is the smallest of all of the sthenurine kangaroos, standing approximately tall."
"Eastern grey kangaroo The eastern grey kangaroo (""Macropus giganteus"") is a marsupial found in southern and eastern Australia, with a population of several million. It is also known as the great grey kangaroo and the forester kangaroo. Although a big eastern grey male typically masses around 66 kg (weight 145 lb.) and stands almost 2 m (6.6 ft.) tall, 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. The eastern grey kangaroo was described by George Shaw in 1790 as ""Macropus giganteus"". There are two subspecies:"
"fifty-nine members of the family Heteromyidae divided among six genera. They are all small rodents, the largest being the giant kangaroo rat (""Dipodomys ingens"") with a body length of and a tail a little longer than this. In many species the tail is tufted and is mainly used for balance. Other adaptations include partially fused vertebrae in the neck, short fore limbs and much enlarged bullae (bubble-shaped bones in the skull). The skulls vary widely across the group but they are all thin and papery and do not have the robust cranial crests and ridges found on the skulls of"
"taxonomic family, Macropodidae, and are distinguished according to size. The largest species in the family are called ""kangaroos"" and the smallest are generally called ""wallabies"". The term ""wallaroos"" refers to species of an intermediate size. There is also the tree-kangaroo, another genus of macropod, which inhabits the tropical rainforests of New Guinea, far northeastern Queensland and some of the islands in the region. A general idea of the relative size of these informal terms could be: Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. Like most marsupials,"
"was probably under way before human contact. The ""Sthenurus"" were herbivores and when a great climate change began to occur they did not change their eating habits. This probably had a much larger impact on the extinction of this particular genus. Sthenurus Sthenurus (""strong tail"") is an extinct genus of kangaroo. With a length of about 3 m (10 ft), some species were twice as large as modern extant species. ""Sthenurus"" was related to the better-known ""Procoptodon"". The subfamily Sthenurinae is believed to have separated from its sister taxon, the Macropodinae (kangaroos and wallabies), halfway through the Miocene and then"
"Giant barb The giant barb or Siamese giant carp, ""Catlocarpio siamensis"" (, , , or , , ; , ; Vietnamese: ""cá Hô""), is the largest species of cyprinid in the world. These migratory fish are found only in the Mae Klong, Mekong, and Chao Phraya River basins in Indochina. Populations have declined drastically due to habitat loss and overfishing, and the giant barb is now considered critically endangered. Giant barbs are usually seen in large pools along the edges of large rivers, but seasonally enter smaller canals, floodplains, and flooded forests. Young barbs are usually found in smaller tributaries"
"years, and it was not until 1917 that researchers realised that the ""forester kangaroo"" of Tasmania was in fact ""Macropus giganteus"", the same eastern grey kangaroo that was, and still is, widespread in the southeastern part of the mainland. By 1971, it was understood that the Kangaroo Island kangaroo belonged to the same species as the kangaroos of southern and Western Australia, and that this population extended through much of the eastern part of the continent as well (see range map). For a time, three subspecies were described, two on the mainland and one on Kangaroo Island. The current classification"
"scheme emerged in the 1990s. The western grey kangaroo is not found in the north or the southeast of Australia, and the eastern grey does not extend beyond the New South Wales–South Australia border, but the two species are both common in the Murray–Darling basin area. They never interbreed in the wild, although it has proved possible to produce hybrids between eastern grey females and western grey males in captivity. There are two subspecies of the western grey kangaroo: The western grey kangaroo is one of the largest macropods in Australia. It weighs and its length is with a tail,"
"Greater flamingo The greater flamingo (""Phoenicopterus roseus"") is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, and in southern Europe. This is the largest species of flamingo, averaging tall and weighing . The largest male flamingos have been recorded at up to tall and . It is closely related to the American flamingo and Chilean flamingo, with which it has sometimes been considered conspecific. Like all flamingos, this species lays a single chalky-white egg on a mud mound. Most of the plumage is pinkish white,"
"cheek pouches, which are used for storing food. The coloration of kangaroo rats varies from cinnamon buff to dark gray, depending on the species. There is also some variation in length with one of the largest species, the banner-tailed kangaroo rat being six inches in body length and a tail length of eight inches. Sexual dimorphism exists in all species, with males being larger than females. Kangaroo rats move bipedally. Kangaroo rats often leap a distance of 6 feet, and reportedly up to 9 feet (2.75 m) at speeds up to almost 10 feet/sec, or 10 kph (6 mph). They"
"feedback mechanisms decrease nitrogen availability, resulting in reduced forage production, decreased nitrogen concentrations, and reduced mammalian herbivore biomass. Castoroides Castoroides, or giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. C. leiseyorum and its northern sister species Castoroides ohioensis, were the largest beavers to ever exist. Species of ""Castoroides"", also known as giant beavers, were much larger than modern beavers. Their average length was approximately , and they could grow as large as . The weight of the giant beaver could vary from to . This makes it the largest known rodent"
"in 1982, multiple establishments in Japan that raise capybaras have adopted the practice of having them relax in onsen during the winter. Capybara The capybara (""Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris"") is a mammal native to South America. It is the largest living rodent in the world. Also called chigüire, chigüiro (in Venezuela) and carpincho, it is a member of the genus ""Hydrochoerus"", of which the only other extant member is the lesser capybara (""Hydrochoerus isthmius""). Its close relatives include guinea pigs and rock cavies, and it is more distantly related to the agouti, the chinchilla, and the coypu. The capybara inhabits savannas and"
"Nelson's kangaroo rat Nelson's kangaroo rat (""Dipodomys nelsoni"") is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae which is endemic to the central plateau of Mexico. Nelson's kangaroo rat reaches a length of about including a tail of about and is one of the largest species in the genus. The upper parts are pale brown with some dark-tipped hairs on the head, along the spine and on the rump, and the underparts are white. The tail has a white stripe on either side along two thirds of its length, and the terminal third is bushy, black with a white tip."
"Wallaroo Wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word ""wallaroo"" is from Dharug ""walaru"". In general, a large, slim-bodied macropod of the open plains is called a ""kangaroo""; a small to medium-sized one, particularly if it is relatively thick-set, is a ""wallaby"": most wallaroos are only a little smaller than a kangaroo, fairly thickset, and are found in open country. All share a particular habit of stance: wrists raised, elbows tucked close into the body, and shoulders thrown back, and all have a large, black-skinned"
"Desert kangaroo rat The desert kangaroo rat (""Dipodomys deserti"") is a rodent species in the family Heteromyidae that is found in desert areas of southwestern North America. It is one of the large kangaroo rats, with a total length greater than 12 inches (30 cm) and a mass greater than 3.2oz (91g). The desert kangaroo rat is found in arid parts of southwestern North America, including Death Valley, the Great Basin, the Mojave Desert, and portions of the Sonoran Desert. Though kangaroo rats persist in a variety of soils, desert kangaroo rats live exclusively in areas with loose sand, often"
"dimorphic, males are larger than females. This dasyurid is found only on the western half of Kangaroo Island in South Australia, the island's only endemic mammal. The species inhabits mallee heath on laterite soils. It is believed that Kangaroo Island dunnart originally had a range over the whole island. Today, there are six sites in which Kangaroo Island dunnarts have been found. All sites are either in the Flinders Chase National Park or the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area, both located on the western part of the island. Recent attempts to locate Kangaroo Island dunnarts on the eastern portion"
"Sthenurus Sthenurus (""strong tail"") is an extinct genus of kangaroo. With a length of about 3 m (10 ft), some species were twice as large as modern extant species. ""Sthenurus"" was related to the better-known ""Procoptodon"". The subfamily Sthenurinae is believed to have separated from its sister taxon, the Macropodinae (kangaroos and wallabies), halfway through the Miocene and then its population grew during the Pliocene. Research by Darren R. Gröcke from Monash University, analysed the diets of fauna at various fossil site localities in South Australia, using stable carbon isotope analysis 13C/12C of collagen. He found that at older localities"
"in the 1870 are shown. The kangaroo paw (""Anigozanthos manglesii"") flower is the official floral emblem of Western Australia, adopted in 1960, and together with the black and gold torse framing the Crown indicates the honour bestowed upon the state by the grant of arms, and emphasises the sovereignty and independence of Western Australia. The red kangaroo (""Macropus rufus"") is the largest kangaroo species, living in the state's inland and arid regions. Its natural habitat, combined with that of the black swan, covers almost the whole state and symbolically reflect the jurisdiction of the coat of arms. The red kangaroo"
"between 4 and 13 kg, and a relatively long prehensile tail. Macropodinae Macropodinae is a subfamily of marsupials in the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, and related species. The subfamily includes about ten genera and at least 51 species. It includes all living members of the Macropodidae except for the banded hare-wallaby (""Lagostrophus fasciatus""), the only surviving member of the subfamily Lagostrophinae. Macropodinae includes the following living genera: Different common names are used for macropodines, including ""wallaby"" and ""kangaroo"", with the distinction sometimes based exclusively on size. In addition to the well-known kangaroos, the subfamily includes other specialized"
"country, it is little known. ""Macropus antilopinus"" is the exception among wallaroos. It is, essentially, the far-northern equivalent of the eastern and western grey kangaroos. Like them, it is a creature of the grassy plains and woodlands, and gregarious, where the other wallaroos are solitary. Because of this difference, it is sometimes called the antilopine kangaroo. Wallaroo Wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word ""wallaroo"" is from Dharug ""walaru"". In general, a large, slim-bodied macropod of the open plains is called a ""kangaroo""; a"
"Doria's tree-kangaroo Doria's tree-kangaroo (""Dendrolagus dorianus"") is a tree-kangaroo endemic to Papua New Guinea. This marsupial is found in montane forests of southeastern New Guinea island, at elevations between 600–3650m. The species was named in 1883 by Edward Pierson Ramsay in honour of Italian zoologist Giacomo Doria. Doria's tree-kangaroo is one of the largest tree-kangaroo species, and weighs 6.5–14.5 kg, its length is 51–78 cm, with a long 44–66 cm tail. It has long dense brown fur with black ears and a pale brown or cream nonprehensile tail. It has large and powerful claws and a stocky build that gives"
"Balbaroo fangaroo Balbaroo fangaroo is an extinct species of kangaroo. It was discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Northern Australia and described as a new species in 2000. The species was described from fossilized remains of part of the skull. The skull is approximately the size of that of a modern wallaby. The curved upper canine teeth are more than twice as long as the adjacent incisors and form ""fangs"" which may have been visible on the living animal even when its mouth was closed. This feature is reflected in the fossil's nickname, ""fangaroo"", which later became part"
"Kangaroo (comics) Kangaroo is the name of two fictional characters, supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Both are noted for their leaping ability. The first Kangaroo was introduced in ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" #81 in 1970. The second Kangaroo was first seen in ""Cage"" #13 in 1993 and made his debut in ""The Spectacular Spider-Man"" #242 in 1997. Frank Oliver was born in Sydney, Australia. As a young man, he studied kangaroos in his native Australia. Oliver lived, ate and traveled with the kangaroos, developing a leaping ability that rivaled the animals he studied. Seeing an opportunity"
"Rufous rat-kangaroo The rufous rat-kangaroo (""Aepyprymnus rufescens""), more commonly known as the rufous bettong, is a small marsupial species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia. It is found in coastal and subcoastal regions from Newcastle in New South Wales to Cooktown in Queensland, and was formerly found in the Murray River Valley of New South Wales and Victoria. It is not classified as threatened. The rufous bettong is about the size of a full-grown rabbit. The rufous rat-kangaroo is the only member of its genus, and is the largest of all the potoroids. It is generally grey with a"
"white, belly. The western grey is a dark dusty brown colour, with more contrast especially around the head. Indigenous Australian names include ""iyirrbir"" (Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola) and ""kucha"" (Pakanh). The highest ever recorded speed of any kangaroo was set by a large female eastern grey kangaroo. Although the red is better known, the eastern grey is the kangaroo most often encountered in Australia, due to its adaptability. Few Australians visit the arid interior of the continent, while many live in and around the major cities of the south and east coast, from where it is usually only a"
"of its official scientific name. Balbaroo fangaroo Balbaroo fangaroo is an extinct species of kangaroo. It was discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Northern Australia and described as a new species in 2000. The species was described from fossilized remains of part of the skull. The skull is approximately the size of that of a modern wallaby. The curved upper canine teeth are more than twice as long as the adjacent incisors and form ""fangs"" which may have been visible on the living animal even when its mouth was closed. This feature is reflected in the fossil's nickname,"
"weighs , with males being larger than females. It is predominantly black with some chocolate-brown on limbs and long tail, and whirls of hair on the shoulder. It has a powerful and persistent odour. Tenkile's have a noticeably long snout, and these kangaroos are able to hop and walk bipedally. They are also able to raise their arms above their head, all of which normal kangaroos cannot.It is believed that this species possibly breeds year round with a young born each year. The young become independent after two years. The Tenkile tree kangaroo are believed to be the most intelligent"
"The musky rat-kangaroo is the smallest macropod and the only species that is quadrupedal not bipedal, while the male red kangaroo is the largest, reaching a height of about 2 m and weighing up to 85 kg. Australia has indigenous placental mammals from two orders: the bats—order Chiroptera—represented by six families; and the mice and rats—order Rodentia, family Muridae. There are only two endemic genera of bats, although 7% of the world's bat species live in Australia. Rodents first arrived in Australia 5–10 MYA, undergoing a wide radiation to produce the species collectively known as the ""old endemic"" rodents. The"
"Kangaroo rat Kangaroo rats, small rodents of genus Dipodomys, are native to western North America. The common name derives from their bipedal form. They hop in a manner similar to the much larger kangaroo, but developed this mode of locomotion independently, like several other clades of rodents (e.g. dipodids and hopping mice). Kangaroo rats are four-toed heteromyid rodents with big hind legs, small front legs and relatively large heads. Adults typically weigh between 70 and 170 g. The tails of kangaroo rats are longer than both their bodies and their heads. Another notable feature of kangaroo rats are their fur-lined"
"the base. Gaurs are among the largest living land animals. Only elephants, rhinos, the hippopotamus (""Hippopotamus amphibius"") and the giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis"") consistently grow heavier. Two species that naturally co-exist with the gaur are heavier: the Asian elephant (""Elephas maximus"") and Indian rhinoceros (""Rhinoceros unicornis""). By most standards of measurements, gaur is the largest wild bovid alive today. However, the shorter-legged, bulkier wild water buffalo (""Bubalus arnee"") is similar in average body mass, if not maximum weight. Gaur historically occurred throughout mainland South and Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Nepal."