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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Deleted Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Kangaroos at maximum capacity: health assessment of free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos on a coastal headland. | Jul 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Kangaroos at maximum capacity: health assessment of free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos on a coastal headland. | Jul 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Biology Letters - Kangaroos display gazing and gaze alternations during an unsolvable problem task. | Jan 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Kangaroos at maximum capacity: health assessment of free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos on a coastal headland. | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Media revised. | Jul 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society - The kangaroo's tail propels and powers pentapedal locomotion. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Macropodidae. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bush Heritage Australia - Kangaroo. | May 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Livescience - Kangaroos: Facts, Information & Pictures | Live Science. | May 22, 2022 | ||
| Noted that rat kangaroos are not members of the kangaroo family, Macropodidae, but rather they are classified in the families Potoroidae and Hypsiprymnodontidae. | May 18, 2018 | ||
| Added mention of the world's smallest species of kangaroo, the musky rat kangaroo. | Apr 25, 2018 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Mar 27, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 23, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: CoolKidFacts.com - Kangaroo Facts For Kids. | Jan 31, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Kangaroo. | Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: OneKind Planet - Kangaroo. | Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Kangaroo facts! | Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learning Games for Kids.com - Kangaroo Jigsaw Puzzle. | Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals - Mammals - Kangaroo and Wallaby. | Sep 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals - Mammals - Kangaroo and Wallaby. | Apr 14, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Oct 29, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kids' Planet - Kangaroo. | Jun 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Fun Kangaroo Facts for Kids. | Jun 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsFront - Name Of Kangaroo. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Kangaroo. | Mar 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Animals - Kangaroo. | Feb 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Kangaroo. | Feb 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo - Kangaroo and Wallaby. | Feb 28, 2013 | ||
| Species count for the genus Macropus and the kangaroo family (Macropodidae) updated. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Basic Facts About Kangaroos. | Aug 20, 2012 | ||
| Added images of red kangaroos. | Aug 20, 2010 | ||
| Article restructured. | Aug 17, 2009 | ||
| Lengths and weights for the eastern and western gray kangaroos added. | Jun 23, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Kangaroo. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Article updated and revised. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Wallaby vs Kangaroo. | May 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Kangaroo. | May 28, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 29, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Boston, Massachusetts, United States. | Mar 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Kangaroo. | Mar 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Department of the Environment and Water Resources - Kangaroo. | Apr 17, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 15, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 10, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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