kangaroo
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These were probably giant kangaroo rats, a native species whose numbers have been growing since their listing as an endangered species in 1987.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
"I hate losing, so that's my motivation," said Alcaraz, who plans to have a tattoo of a kangaroo to mark his achievement.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
They suggest that brief, rapid bursts of hopping may have helped some giant kangaroo species avoid predators, including members of an extinct group of marsupial lions known as Thylacoleo.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
“We don’t want these guys to have kangaroo courts,” Vance said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Just as in the Americas, in Australia all of those few candidates except the red kangaroo became extinct around the time of the continent’s first colonization by humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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Australia and New Zealand - Middle School and High School
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Amazing Animals, A-Z
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