---
title: "Westelijke grijze reuzenkangoeroe"
description: "Macropus fuliginosus — Zoogdieren. The western grey kangaroo, also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-grey-kangaroo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Westelijke grijze reuzenkangoeroe

> Macropus fuliginosus — Zoogdieren. The western grey kangaroo, also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland.

- Scientific name: *Macropus fuliginosus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 12935
- Wikidata: [Q510022](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510022)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42881](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42881)

## Names

- en: Western Grey Kangaroo
- de: Westliches Graues Riesenkänguru
- es: Canguro Gris Occidental
- fr: Kangourou gris
- nl: Westelijke grijze reuzenkangoeroe
- pl: Kangur szary

## Countries with the most observations

AU (12347)

## Summary

The western grey kangaroo, also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_grey_kangaroo

## Photo

![Westelijke grijze reuzenkangoeroe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-grey-kangaroo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Riley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167159231

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-grey-kangaroo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).