Red Kangaroo

The red kangaroo is the largest living marsupial and the largest native land mammal in Australia, found across the continent's arid and semi-arid interior, where males typically display a reddish-brown coat while females are often a blue-grey color. It moves by a distinctive hopping gait powered by large hind legs and a thick muscular tail used for balance and, when standing upright, as a prop, and it can cover long distances efficiently in search of food and water in its dry habitat. Red kangaroos live in loose groups called mobs and are mainly active at night and during cooler parts of the day, grazing on grasses; the species remains common and is classified as being of least concern.