Common wallaroo vs Red kangaroo
The red kangaroo is heavier: 46.3 kg against 21.3 kg for the common wallaroo, about 2.2 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a common wallaroo and a red kangaroo?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The red kangaroo is heavier: 46.3 kg against 21.3 kg for the common wallaroo, about 2.2 times the weight.
- The red kangaroo is longer-lived: 25 years against 22 years for the common wallaroo, about 14% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Osphranter, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
- They are on record for 1 of the same countries (the common wallaroo for 1 in total, the red kangaroo for 1). Country data is incomplete and can include zoos, so this does not show whether they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Common wallaroo | Red kangaroo | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Osphranter robustus | Osphranter rufus |
| Family | Macropodidae | Macropodidae |
| Order | Diprotodontia | Diprotodontia |
| Weight | 21.3 kg – 29.7 kg | 35.7 kg – 46.3 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 22 years | 25 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 1 | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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