Quokka-sized fossil species show kangaroos evolving to eat leaves – for the fourth time
- Written by: Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum
Kangaroos have such a taste for leaves that they have evolved the ability to eat them on at least four separate occasions during their evolutionary history, a new fossil discovery reveals.
Today, there are more than 60 species of kangaroos, wallabies, bettongs and rat-kangaroos living throughout Australia and New Guinea. But their diversity in time...
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