One of the 6 kangaroos on WAnimals
Mammals · Diprotodontia · Macropodidae
Antilopine Kangaroo
Osphranter antilopinus
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The antilopine kangaroo is the only large kangaroo that lives in the monsoonal tropical savannah of northern Australia. It is slender with a reddish coat, the males clearly larger than the females. It grazes in the cool hours of dawn and dusk, and during the day seeks the shade of the eucalypts. It lives in groups that scatter and regroup through the day. Its breeding cycle is closely tied to the monsoon: most births coincide with the wet season, when grazing is plentiful.
Weight
16 kg – 49 kg
Size
80 cm – 1.2 m
Life expectancy
16 years
