Why are Australian Kangaroos more Popular?
The kangaroo is one of the most iconic animals of Australia. There are over 60 different species of kangaroo and their relatives, with all kangaroos belonging to the super family Macropodoidea or macropods. The super family is divided into the Potoroidae and the Macropodidae families. The Macropodidae family includes kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies, pademelons, forest wallabies and tree-kangaroos. Species in the macropod family vary greatly in weight and size, ranging from 0.5 kilograms to 90 kilograms. The Potoroinae family of kangaroos includes the bettong, potoroo and rat-kangaroo, which live only in Australia. Kangaroos of different types live in all areas of Australia, from desert plains and cold-climate areas to tropical beaches and rainforests . Kangaroo management and use Kangaroos have long been important to the survival of Australia’s peoples, who have hunted kangaroos for tens of thousands of years for both the skins and the meat. in the late eighteenth century, when Europea
