Western grey kangaroo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the western grey kangaroo lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Macropus fuliginosus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Macropodidae

Where does the western grey kangaroo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the western grey kangaroo in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the western grey kangaroo endangered?

The western grey kangaroo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the western grey kangaroo?

The western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Macropus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the western grey kangaroo

The western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Western grey kangaroo (revision 1379058561), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q510022 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).