🦡 Meerkat vs Red kangaroo 🦘
The red kangaroo is about 3 times as tall as the meerkat.
| Row | 🦡 Meerkat | 🦘 Red kangaroo |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the red kangaroo yet. | 1.6 lb725 g1 | no checked number yet |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the red kangaroo yet. | 10 years10 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The meerkat eats bugs; the red kangaroo eats plants. | insects, spiders, scorpions and small lizards | grasses and other plants |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa | the dry middle of Australia |
Which one? Meerkat or red kangaroo
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the meerkat or the red kangaroo yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/meerkat-vs-red-kangaroo
Where these numbers come from
- Wikidata, from Suricata suricatta, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Meerkat, checked 30 October 2026.