Red Kangaroo: Male, back

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Mammals (Mammalia)

Order:

Kangaroos & Wombats (Diprotodontia)

Family:

Kangaroo & Wallaby (Macropodidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)

This Photo:

Male, back

Synonyms:

Macropus (Osphranter) rufus or Macropus rufus

Thank you Antoni Camozzato, Mark Hura, Geoffrey Cox , C. Hewitt (CHewitt1) & Orlando J. Bonney for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Not necessarily red. Their muzzle is much like a dogs, broad and solid. They have a white tail, compared to greys that have black tails.
Can grow very large (1.8m+), but the females are much smaller than the males.
The females & joey's are easily confused with Euros. If you can get close enough you'll see the smooth hair on the back, and the muzzle has white around the nose.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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