The Largest Marsupial. The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning 'large foot'). The red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) of Australia is the largest living marsupial, and the largest member of the kangaroo family.
The kangaroo is the largest of the marsupials, specifically, the Red kangaroo, Macropus rufus. The largest kangaroo, as well as the largest marsupial, is the red kangaroo, according to National Geographic. The smallest marsupials are the mouselike planigales.
Marsupials are often characterized by the female's abdominal pouch, or marsupium.. .
Marsupials give birth while the young are at a very early stage of development.
Thylacine, the last existing member of family Thylacinidae, was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of the modern era. New evidence shows it migrated annually - and could make us reassess what we know of other extinct marsupials. This extinct marsupial species with an amazing name, had features of present big cats.