What is Eastern grey kangaroo?
{{Taxobox | name = Eastern grey kangaroo | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Munny P., Menkhorst P. & Winter J.|year=2008|id=41513|title=Macropus giganteus|downloaded=28 December 2008}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern</ref> | image = Kangaroo and joey03.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Diprotodontia]] | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | familia = [[Macropodidae]] | genus = ''[[Macropus]]'' | binomial = ''Macropus giganteus''}} [[File:Eastern grey kangaroo dec07 02.jpg|thumb|Eastern grey in grassland]] The '''eastern grey kangaroo''' (''Macropus giganteus'') is a [[marsupial]] that lives in south and east [[Australia]], including [[Tasmania]].<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=64}}</ref> It is also called the '''great grey kangaroo''' and the '''forester kangaroo'''. An eastern grey male weighs about 66&nbsp;[[kilogram|kg]] (145&nbsp;[[pound (mass)|lb]]) and is almost 2&nbsp;m (7&nbsp;ft) tall. Its scientific name, ''Macropus giganteus'' means gigantic (huge) large-foot, and the eastern grey is the second-biggest marsupial on earth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.byronbaywildlifetours.com/australian-wildlife/eastern-grey-kangaroo.htm |title=Australian Wildlife » Eastern grey kangaroo |website=byronbaywildlifetours.com |access-date=2009-04-02 |archive-date=2009-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615094113/http://www.byronbaywildlifetours.com/australian-wildlife/eastern-grey-kangaroo.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[red kangaroo]] is the largest. ==History== [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] names for the eastern grey include ''iyirrbir'' and ''kucha''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/kangaroo.htm |title= Eastern grey kangaroo, ''Macropus giganteus'' |work= Oykangand and Olkola Dictionary |last= Hamilton |first= Philip |access-date= 2007-02-03 |archive-date= 2008-08-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2008082