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Antilopine kangaroo

Osphranter antilopinus Gould, 1842

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The antilopine kangaroo (Osphranter antilopinus) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 27.3 kg to 29.7 kg and live up to 19.7 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Antilopine kangaroo (Osphranter antilopinus)
Photo: John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the antilopine kangaroo

Weight
27.3 kg – 29.7 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
19.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
24 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
34 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
22 months – 2.08 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.3src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the antilopine kangaroo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The antilopine kangaroo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the antilopine kangaroo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The antilopine kangaroo (Osphranter antilopinus), also known as the antilopine wallaroo or the antilopine wallaby, is a species of macropod found in northern Australia: in Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, the Top End of the Northern Territory, and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a locally common, gregarious grazer.

From the Wikipedia article “Antilopine kangaroo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antilopine_kangaroo&oldid=1382768834), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the antilopine kangaroo endangered?

The antilopine kangaroo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the antilopine kangaroo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusOsphranter
  7. SpeciesOsphranter antilopinus Gould, 1842

Synonyms Macropus antilopinus

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Antilopine wallabyEnglish
  • Antilopine wallarooEnglish
  • كنغر ذو فرو الظباءArabic
  • klokan antilopíCzech
  • AntilopenkänguruGerman
  • Walarú AntilopinoSpanish
  • antilooppikenguruFinnish
  • Kangourou antilopeFrench
  • קנגורו האנטילופהHebrew
  • Canguro antilopinoItalian
  • アカワラルーJapanese
  • AntilopekenguruNorwegian Bokmål
  • AntilopekangoeroeDutch
  • kangur antylopiPolish
  • Canguru-AntílopePortuguese
  • Антилоповый кенгуруRussian
  • จิงโจ้แอนทิโลปThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the antilopine kangaroo

Other species in the same genus Osphranter.

LC, Least Concern

Red kangaroo

Osphranter rufus

MacropodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the antilopine kangaroo?

An adult antilopine kangaroo weighs 27.3 kg – 29.7 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the antilopine kangaroo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the antilopine kangaroo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the antilopine kangaroo endangered?

The antilopine kangaroo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the antilopine kangaroo live?

The antilopine kangaroo has a recorded lifespan of 19.7 years.

How long is the antilopine kangaroo pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 34 days.

What kind of animal is the antilopine kangaroo?

The antilopine kangaroo (Osphranter antilopinus) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{antilopine_kangaroo_2026,
  title = {Antilopine kangaroo (Osphranter antilopinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/antilopine-kangaroo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}