A large forest-dwelling kangaroo native to Australia.
灰袋鼠
Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: the eastern M. giganteus (also called forester), with silvery-grey fur, and the western M. fuliginosus, with brownish fur
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The eastern grey kangaroo spends most of the day resting under a shady tree, only moving out to feed from dusk to dawn.
The species is common on mainland Australia, where it is commonly known as the grey kangaroo.
Government estimates dating to 1999 put the population of the three main kangaroo species the red, eastern gray and western gray kangaroos at about 30 million.
Eastern grey kangaroos breed throughout the year with the peak births being in summer.
If necessary, the grey kangaroo can travel fast, bounding along using only the two hindfeet with the tail held almost horizontally for balance.