Australian Wildlife Images photo by Maxwell

The Red Kangaroo resting in the afternoon sun.
This is the world's largest marsupial, with the fully grown males standing 
two metres tall. The female is often called the "Blue Flyer" because of her 
blue-grey fur.  Largely a nocturnal creature, spending the days often in
groups under shady trees.
Food
Grasses and green herbage.
Breeding
A single young is born at anytime of the year.  When born the young is very
tiny and must crawl into the mothers pouch, where the joey then remains for 
8 months, and continues to suckle until 12 months of age.  
Weaning occurs at 18 months of age.
Habitat
Mulga and mallee scrub grasslands and deserts of mainland Australia.  
The Kangaroo is absent from the wetter areas of eastern, northern and 
south-western Australia.