Image: Reconstruction of the giant kangaroo from South Walker Creek, Macropus sp. Credit, Vlad Konstantinov, Andrey Atuchin & Scott Hocknull © 2013 Queensland Museum.
Macropus is the world’s largest kangaroo reaching up to 2.5 metres tall. Learn more about Macropus:
- Lived 60,000 – 40,000 years ago
- Related to Macropus pearsoni, Pearson’s Giant Kangaroo
- Peculiar deer-like claws on its feet
- Stood on tip toes to feed using its hind legs
- Had a pouch
- Plant eater, probably a browser feeding on high vegetation such as leaves
- Found at South Walker Creek
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