- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold eastern grey kangaroo, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the eastern grey kangaroo
The eastern grey kangaroo is a marsupial found across the eastern third of Australia, with a population of several million. It is the second largest and heaviest living marsupial and native land mammal in Australia, with males commonly weighing 50 to 66 kg. It prefers open grassland with patches of bush for daytime shelter and mainly inhabits the wetter parts of the continent, grazing on a wide variety of grasses and forbs. Mainly nocturnal and crepuscular, it is most often seen early in the morning or as light fades. It is the kangaroo most often encountered in Australia.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo facts
- The highest speed recorded for any kangaroo is 64 km/h, set by a large female eastern grey.
- A female can freeze an embryo's development until the previous joey leaves the pouch, a process called embryonic diapause.
- A mother can produce two different kinds of milk at once, one for the newborn and one for an older joey.
- In dry periods males stop producing sperm.
Where to see eastern grey kangaroo in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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Indiana· 1
Pennsylvania· 1
Texas· 1
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