Eastern Grey Kangaroo Joey
Macropus giganteus (joey)
A young Eastern Grey Kangaroo stays close to its mother's pouch in open eucalypt woodland, grassland, and forest edges of eastern Australia. It nurses heavily at first, then begins nibbling soft grasses and herbs during short trips outside. It moves in short, cautious hops and dives back to the pouch or cover when alarmed. A newborn joey is only about the size of a jellybean but can climb unaided into the pouch.
- Type
- Swift
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo Joey
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo