red kangaroo

British  

noun

1. a large Australian kangaroo, Macropus rufus , the male of which has a reddish coat

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Example Sentences

The three new species are of the extinct genus Protemnodon, which lived from around 5 million to 40,000 years ago -- with one about double the size of the largest red kangaroo living today.

From Science Daily

In April, two men were arrested when a red kangaroo was found in their truck during a routine police check on a highway close to West Bengal's border with the north-eastern state of Assam.

From BBC

The species is much smaller than Australia’s well-known red kangaroo.

From Seattle Times

The baby red kangaroo, which is not yet weaned and still needs milk, was purchased as a pet from the Outback Kangaroo Farm in Arlington on Monday and was apparently sleeping in a van outside a house in the 300 block of West Main Street, police said.

From Seattle Times

Only Hastie at the Firedoor is working without an old ragged blueprint: He has developed methods to fire-roast or smoke red kangaroo, burrata, Tasmanian octopus and countless vegetables grown on Australian farms.

From Washington Post