What is Western grey kangaroo?
{{Speciesbox | name = Western grey kangaroo<ref name= MSW3>{{MSW3 Diprotodontia|id=11000252|page=64}}</ref> | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Burbidge, A.|author2=Menkhorst, P.|author3=Ellis, M.|author4=Copley, P.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/40563/0|title=''Macropus fuliginosus''|accessdate=28 December 2008}}</ref> | image = Western Grey Kangaroo SMC 2006.JPG | image_caption = Wild western grey at sunset, [[Western Australia]] | genus = Macropus | species = fuliginosus | authority = [[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|Desmarest]], 1817 | range_map = Western Grey Kangaroo Range.jpg | range_map_caption = Western grey kangaroo range }} The '''western grey kangaroo''' (''Macropus fuliginosus'') is a large and very common [[kangaroo]] or [[macropod]]. It lives right across the southern part of [[Australia]]. They live from just south of [[Shark Bay]] in [[Western Australia]] to western [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]. In South Australia they live along the coast. They also live in the [[Murray-Darling Basin]] in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]]. The subspecies on [[Kangaroo Island]], South Australia, is called the '''Kangaroo Island kangaroo'''. ==Description== The western grey kangaroo is one of the largest [[kangaroo]]s. It weighs 28–54&nbsp;kg and its length is 0.84-1.1m with a 80–100&nbsp;cm [[tail]], and is about 1.3m tall.<ref>Menkhorst P & Knight F 2001. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.</ref> It has [[sexual dimorphism]] with the male up to twice the size of female. It has thick, coarse [[fur]] with colour ranging from pale grey to brown. It has a paler color on its throat, chest and belly.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.australiazoo.com.au/our-animals/amazing-animals/mammals/?mammal=kangaroos&animal=western_grey_kangaroo |title=Australia Zoo - Our Animals - Mammals - Kangaroos - western grey kangaroo |work=australiazoo.com.au |accessdate=20 November 2010 |archive-