where do we find kangaroos

The name we hear about kangaroos we immediately get Australia in our mind since kangaroos are the symbol of Australia as it is their native as they are marsupials. kangaroos often live in groups. Kangaroos can live in arid or cold conditions, rainforests, deserts, on rocky mountains and in desert plains. Kangaroos mostly rest in shady areas during the day and eat at night time but some kangaroos are active in early morning and late afternoon. Kangaroos embellish its postage stamps, coat-of-arms, coinage, and even its major international airline.

There are about 250 species of kangaroos in the world. Of these, about 170 different species of kangaroos live only in Australia. Kangaroos can stay without drinking water for 3 months, providing there food contains some water. They reiterate their food the first time they swallow and then chew and swallow it a second time. While eastern and western grey kangaroos, which need more drinking water than reds. Some of the kangaroo family members are very small. These smaller kangaroos dig burrows in desert and semi-arid areas, living on insects.

The red kangaroos are the world's largest marsupial. While females kangaroos have one baby at a time, which are smaller than a cherry. The infant immediately climbs into its mother's pouch and does not emerge for two months till they are 8 months, called as joeys. A red kangaroo can run up to the speed of over 35 miles an hour. Larger male kangaroos are powerfully built.

Tree-kangaroos, which once descended to the ground along with other macropods, returned to the trees, because they found food there. The macropod blueprint for large back legs and small forearms is reversed in tree-kangaroos, and their tails are flexible. Two species survive in Australia, seven in New Guinea.

Nailtail wallabies kangaroos have tails tipped with a horny spur that has long puzzled scientists. These kangaroos outstretched forearms make circles as they hop, which is why they have been called "organ-grinders of those only two species survive.

Many of these animals roam in Australia while most of the kangaroos  are killed each year for their skin and meat, which is becoming a more popular human food.