A kangaroo, a marsupial with a large tail and legs. Depicted in yellowish-brown in full profile facing left with large, pointed ears, shown either resting on its hind legs and tail or jumping.
Commonly used in connection with Australia, where the animal is found.
Kangaroo was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018 and added to Emoji 11.0 in 2018.
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? Kangaroo