Cangaroo or Wallaby?

Officers heard about a kangaroo crossing a the road while they were running a rural crime operation in the area at the weekend.
Police were shown a photo of the animal but were not convinced it was real at first.
They are now investigating where the animal was from and who owned it.

A police spokesman said there were suggestions that the animal was not a kangaroo, but a wallaby, which may have escaped from a nearby farm.

Kangeroo or wallaby?

• Kangaroos and wallabies are marsupials which are closely related, though adult kangaroos are larger than wallabies.

• They can be identified from their teeth, which are different as kangaroos mainly eat grass while wallabies mostly eat leaves.

• They are native to Australia but been introduced in the UK in parks, zoos and farms.

Source: Australia Zoo