I.The Land ●1 The kangaroo-a macropod (meaning large footed')is sometimes as much as two metres in height.It is a marsupial which means that the young joeys',or baby kangaroos,live in the mother's pouch until they are ready to fend for themselvesI. The Land • The kangaroo – a macropod (meaning ‘large footed’) is sometimes as much as two metres in height. It is a marsupial which means that the young ‘joeys’, or baby kangaroos, live in the mother’s pouch until they are ready to fend for themselves