Small Home Ranges Made Ancient Giant Kangaroos Vulnerable to Local Extinctions, Study Says

Small Home Ranges Made Ancient Giant Kangaroos Vulnerable to Local Extinctions, Study Says

Large-bodied extinct kangaroos of the genus Protemnodon were not intrepid travelers who bounded across the plains, but rather homebodies, who did not journey far throughout the course of their lives, according to new research by paleontologists from the University of Wollongong, the University of Adelaide, Queensland Museum and Monash University. The discovery mirrors the behavior of modern species of kangaroos but was surprising to the authors.

Protemnodon. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin / Rochelle Lawrence / Scott Hocknull.

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