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[[Image:{{Taxonomy|name=Kangaroo-bree|image=Redkangaroo1.png|rightcaption=|Eastern Gray Kangaroo (domain=Eukaryota|kingdom=Animalia|subkingdom=Bilateria|branch=Deuterostomia |superphylum=|phylum=Chordata|subphylum=Vertebrata|infraphylum=Gnathostomata |microphylum=|superdivision=|division=|subdivision=|superclass=Tetrapoda|class=Mammalia|subclass=|infraclass=Marsupialia|superorder=Eometatheria |order=Diprotodontia|suborder=Macropodiformes|infraorder=|superfamily=|family=Macropodidae|subfamily=|supertribe=|tribe=|subtribe=|genera=|genus=Macropus|subgenus=|species=|binomialname=|sub=|alt=}}''Macropus giganteus'Kangaroo')]] ''(Guugu Yimidhirr language: 'Kangaroos'gang-oo-roo'' are the largest [[Marsupials]] alive today<ref>http://www. They currently are native to the continent of [[Australia]]etymonline. There are four different sub-kinds in the com/index.php?term=kangaroo </ref>), several species of large [[baraminmarsupial]]: of the Western Gray Kangaroogenus ''Macropus'' native to Australia and adjacent islands, the Eastern Gray Kangaroocharacterized oversized hind legs by which they use hopping to move about. The ''de facto'' symbol of Australia, kangaroos have been displayed on everything from the Red Kangaroonational coat of arms to coins, and the Antilopine Kangarooairline symbols, tourist advertisements, as well as numerous appearances in popular culture.

 Kangaroos have large ears on top of their small heads, a long snout, and short arms with clawed fingers. Their legs are strong and , powerful, good and are made for leaping. Their feet have four toes at the end of elongated metatarsi that they rest on when standing. They also have a powerful, thick tail that is used as support when standing, a third-leg when walking slowly, and for counterbalance while leapinghopping. Like all Marsupialsmarsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch on their stomachs in which they carry their young.

 Kangaroos are [[herbivoresherbivore]]s, eating grass, roots, and shrubs. They have a chambered stomach similar to [[sheep]] and [[cattle]]. They are able to regurgitate their food, chew it again as [[cud]], and then swallow it for digestion.

 Kangaroos travel in [[mob | mobs]] s of about ten or more males and females. The leader of the mob, called a "boomer", is a male determined by age and size. The boomer has access to females in his mob for mating and will wander around the mob intimidating any other males who try to mate with his harem.

Male kangaroos will go around the mob checking the females’ [[cloaca]]. Many times, males === Uses ===Kangaroos are rejected by the females because of size if they are small. In other cases, if a larger male is checking a female out, she may just move away. Sometimes, when a male is checking out a female, the female will urinate commonly hunted for the maletheir meat, who will sniff with it being exported all over the urineglobe. Some studies show that this ritual is for the male to see if the female kangaroo Kangaroo leather is receptive to him or notcommonly used in items such as football boots and driving booties.

If the female is responsive to the male, she raises her tail and the male will follow her. Sometimes the kangaroos will scratch each other’s tails or the male will give the female a back rub before mating. When the female is ready to mate she will arch her tail.==Living species==*[[Agile wallaby]] (''Macropus agilis'')Female kangaroos usually only have one baby *[[Antilopine kangaroo ]] (called a "joey"''Macropus antilopinus'') at a time. The newborn joey weigh as little as .03 ounces when first born, after which it crawls into its mothers pouch where it will nurse, grow, and develop. They spend a lot of time in their mothers pouch developing. The *[[Black-striped wallaby]] (''Macropus dorsalis'')*[[Black wallaroo]] (''Macropus bernardus'')*[[Common wallaroo]] (''Macropus robustus'')*[[Eastern grey kangaroo]] (''Macropus giganteus'')*[[Parma wallaby]] (''Macropus parma'')*[[Red Kangaroo joey will stay in their mothers pouch for about eight months and Gray Kangaroo joeys stay in there for about a year.kangaroo]] (''Macropus rufus'')*[[Red-necked wallaby]] (''Macropus rufogriseus'')*[[Tammar wallaby]] (''Macropus eugenii'')*[[Western Brush Wallaby]] (''Macropus irma'')*[[Western grey kangaroo]] (''Macropus fuliginosus'')*[[Whiptail wallaby]] (''Macropus parryi'')

According to the origins theory model used by [[creation === Creation science | creation scientists]], modern kangaroos, like all modern animals, originated in and Creationism===Consistent with their view that the fossil record as a whole does not support the evolutionary position,<ref>[[Middle East]http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/fossils.asp "Fossils Questions and Answers"], Answers In Genesis</ref><ref>[http://biblicalstudiesmembers.qldwideiinet.net.au/cs-kangaroos_dinosaurs_and_eden~sejones/fsslrcrd.html "Kangaroos, DinosaursCreation/Evolution Quotes: Fossil Record]</ref> creationists state that there is a lack of transitional fossils showing an evolutionary origin of kangaroos. Rebecca Driver writes: {{QuoteBox|The Macropod family is alleged to have evolved from either the Phalangeridae (possums) or Burramyidae (pygmy-possums)...<br />However, there are no fossils of animals which appear to be intermediate between possums and Edenkangaroos. ''Wabularoo naughtoni'', supposed ancestor of all the macropods, was clearly a kangaroo (it greatly resembles the potoroos which dwell in Victoria’s forests). If modern kangaroos really did come from it, all this shows is the same as we see happening today, namely that kangaroos come from kangaroos, "after their kind." <ref>Driver, Rebecca, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/755/ Kangaroos: God's amazing craftsmanship], Ken Ham ''Creation'' 20(3):28–31, June 1998.</ref> and }} According to the [[origins theory]] model used by [[young earth creation scientists]], modern kangaroos are the descendants of the two founding members of the modern kangaroo baramin that were taken aboard [[Noah's Ark]] prior to the [[Great Flood]]. It has not yet been determined by [[baraminology | baraminologists]] whether kangaroos form a [[holobaramin]] with the [[wallaby]], [[tree-kangaroo]], [[wallaroo]], [[pademelon]] and [[quokka]], or if all these species are in fact [[apobaramin Baraminology| apobaraminicapobaramin]] ic or [[Baraminology|polybaramin ]]ic. After the Flood, these kangaroos, bred from the Ark passengers and then migrated to Australia. There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="cab17">[http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter17.pdf "How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia"], Chapter 17, of ''The Creation Answers Book'', by Don Batten (Ed.)</ref> with lower sea levels during the post-flood [[ice age]], or before the super-continent of [[Pangea]] broke apart.<ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2808 "Pangea and the Flood"], Apologetics Press</ref> === Arguments and evidence relating to kangaroos that support a biblical creation model === Scientists and [[Christian apologetics| polybaraminicChristian apologists]]who advocate the biblical creation model have provided a number of pieces of evidence and arguments which support the creation model. Some of the more notable articles supporting the biblical creation model are: *[https://creation.com/images/pdfs/cabook/chapter17.pdf How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia?] *[https://creation.com/kangaroos-gods-amazing-craftsmanship Kangaroos: God's amazing craftsmanship] *[https://creation.com/skippy-surprises-scientists Skippy surprises scientists] *[https://creation.com/practical-pouches Practical pouches] ===Evolution===The [[evolution]]ary/[[Atheism|atheistic]] view is that kangaroos and other marsupials evolved from a common marsupial ancestor which lived hundreds of millions of years ago.<ref>[http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/australia.html "Australian Mammals: Evolutionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation"]</ref> ===Dreamtime===Some [[Australian Aborigines]] believe that kangaroos were sung into existence by their ancestors during the [[Dreamtime]].<ref>[http://www.painsley.org.uk/RE/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c-abor.htm "An Aborigine Creation Story"]</ref> == See also == *[[Evolution]]*[[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]*[[Irreligion and superstition]]

Also according to creation science, after the Flood, kangaroos bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia. There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ca1">[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c006.html "How did animals get from the Ark to isolated places, such as Australia?"], ChristianAnswers.net.</ref> -- as Australia was still for a time connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of [[Pangea]] broke apart<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v16/i1/plate.asp "What about continental drift?"], Answers In Genesis</ref> -- or if they [[rafting (ecology) | rafted]] on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.<ref name="ca1"/>External links ==

Other views on kangaroo origins include the belief of some Australian [[aborigines]] that kangaroos were sung into existence by their ancestors during the "[[Dreamtime]]" <ref>[httpGeneral://www.painsley.org.uk/RE/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c-abor.htm "An Aborigine Creation Story"]</ref> and that kangaroos and the other marsupials evolved from a common marsupial ancestor which lived millions of years ago.<ref>http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/australia.html</ref>

It should be noted that these are not scientific viewpoints, but religious theories*[http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20walk/kangaroo/kangaroo.htm Kangaroo facts]*[http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/kangaroos.html Answers About Kangaroos]

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