Kangaroo

“The Kangaroo is an animal of Australia, first observed by a party of sailors on the coast of New South Wales. The great kangaroo has large hind legs, with a huge tail, short fore limbs, and is about the height of a man. It is a vegetable feeder, and is destructive to the crops of the settlers in the less inhabited parts of Australia; in the long-settled districts it is much rarer. Its ordinary method of progression is by a series of great leaps, 10 to 15 feet or more. Many species are known to exist."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

Kangaroo, marsupial, Australia, great leaps, vegetable feeder

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Marsupials, Mammals: I-L

Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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