Kangaroos haven't always hopped
BBC Wildlife|August 2023
Hopping as a method of high-speed endurance wasn't used by all large kangaroos
Megan Shersby
Kangaroos haven't always hopped

THINK OF AUSTRALIA'S ICONIC kangaroos and you'll probably think of them hopping along with their large and muscular back legs, a method of locomotion known as saltation. However, recent research published in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology has explored the locomotory evolution of kangaroos and their relatives (including wallabies, wallaroos and tree-kangaroos) across the fossil record, and found that the majority of the larger forms did not employ the high-speed endurance hopping of today's large kangaroos.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2023 من BBC Wildlife.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2023 من BBC Wildlife.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.