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How tall is a red kangaroo?

An adult red kangaroo stands about 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall.

What is measured: Standing height, adult male

Red kangaroo (1.8 m) drawn to scale beside an adult person (1.7 m) and a doorway (2 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Adult person (1.7 m), Red kangaroo (1.8 m) and Doorway (2 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as an adult person
  • About the same height as a doorway
  • About 4.7× as tall as a bowling pin
  • About 30% of the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 12× as tall as a smartphone

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Facts about Red kangaroo

The red kangaroo is the largest living marsupial, and males can stand taller than many adult humans.

Source: Australian Museum, “Red Kangaroo”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Red Kangaroo”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Red kangaroo
Galápagos giant tortoise1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)0.61×
Snow leopard1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)0.72×
Okapi1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)0.94×
Red kangaroo1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)this page
Welwitschia2 m (6 ft 7 in)1.1×
Moeraki Boulder2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)1.2×
Harpy eagle2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)1.2×
Bald eagle2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)1.3×
Victoria amazonica leaf3 m (9 ft 10 in)1.7×
Giant sunflower3 m (9 ft 10 in)1.7×

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Which is bigger: Red kangaroo or Moeraki Boulder?

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