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Identification

Macropus rufus (red kangaroo)

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Date Taken

July 2005

Caption

Male red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), captive. This male has been de-sexed, although the pelage color is red, it is not as richly red as it might be because of his lack of male sex hormones.

Contributors

Deb Dyson (photographer)

Melbourne Zoo, Australia (copyright holder; identification)


To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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