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Common name for a member of the family Macropodidae, the largest living marsupials. The 61 species in this family also include the wallabies,...



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Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus). (Photo by Gerald and Buff Corsi; copyright © California Academy of Sciences)
From Encyclopedia article 'Kangaroo'