Editing Kangaroo (section)

== Terminology ==
The word ''kangaroo'' derives from the [[Guugu Yimithirr language|Guugu Yimithirr]] word ''gangurru'', referring to [[eastern grey kangaroo]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Etymology of mammal names in English|publisher=IberiaNature|url=http://iberianature.com/britainnature/miscellaneous/etymology-of-mammal-names-in-english/|access-date=18 June 2011|archive-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021231809/http://iberianature.com/britainnature/miscellaneous/etymology-of-mammal-names-in-english/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Stephens|first=S.E.|author2=Cilento, Raphael|title=Introduction to Cooktown and its Museum|publisher=[[National Trust of Queensland]]|year=1976|asin=B0000CPFEZ}}</ref> The name was first recorded as "kanguru" on 12 July 1770 in an entry in the diary of Sir [[Joseph Banks]]; this occurred at the site of modern [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]], on the banks of the [[Endeavour River]], where {{HMS|Endeavour}} under the command of Lieutenant [[James Cook]] was beached for almost seven weeks to repair damage sustained on the [[Great Barrier Reef]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://andc.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/vocab_aussie_eng.pdf |title=Bruce Moore, ''The Vocabulary of Australian English'', Australian National Dictionary Centre, Australian National University |access-date=8 April 2013 |archive-date=11 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411064602/http://andc.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/vocab_aussie_eng.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Cook first referred to kangaroos in his diary entry of 4 August. Guugu Yimithirr is the language of [[Guugu Yimithirr people|the people]] of the area.

A common myth about the kangaroo's English name is that it was a Guugu Yimithirr phrase for "I don't know" or "I don't understand".<ref>{{cite web|title=Believe it or nuts. (Columns/Posted 11/09/99)|publisher=[[Word Detective]]|url=http://www.word-detective.com/110999.html#kangaroo|access-date=18 June 2011|archive-date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607051530/http://www.word-detective.com/110999.html#kangaroo|url-status=live}}</ref> According to this legend, Cook and Banks were exploring the area when they happened upon the animal. They asked a nearby local what the creatures were called. The local responded "kangaroo", said to mean "I don't know/understand", which Cook then took to be the name of the creature.<ref name=jennings/> Anthropologist [[Walter Roth]] was trying to correct this legend as far back as in 1898, but few took note until 1972 when linguist John B. Haviland in his research with the Guugu Yimithirr people was able to confirm that ''gangurru'' referred to a rare large dark-coloured species of kangaroo.<ref name=jennings>{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Ken |title=The Debunker: Where Does the Word "Kangaroo" Come From? |url=https://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-where-does-the-word-kangaroo-come-from |website=woot.com |publisher=Woot |date=7 August 2019 |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217102123/https://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-where-does-the-word-kangaroo-come-from |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Haviland |first=John B. |year=1974 |title=A last look at Cook's Guugu-Yimidhirr wordlist |journal=Oceania |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=216–232 |url=http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/~jhaviland/Publications/HavilandOceania.pdf |access-date=13 April 2008 |doi=10.1002/j.1834-4461.1974.tb01803.x |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327074409/http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/~jhaviland/Publications/HavilandOceania.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> However, when [[Phillip Parker King]] visited the Endeavour River region in 1819 and 1820, he maintained that the local word was not ''kangaroo'' but ''menuah'' perhaps referring to a different species of macropod.<ref>{{cite book |last1=King |first1=Phillip Parker |title=Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Vol. 1 |date=1827 |publisher=John Murray |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.71314/page/368/mode/1up}}</ref> There are similar, more credible stories of naming confusion, such as with the [[Yucatán Peninsula#Etymology|Yucatán Peninsula]].<ref name=jennings/>

Kangaroos are often colloquially referred to as "roos".<ref>{{cite web|title=Roo |work=[[Compact Editions of the Oxford English Dictionary|Compact Oxford English Dictionary]] |publisher=Ask Oxford.com |url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/roo?view=uk |access-date=31 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211134324/http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/roo?view=uk |archive-date=11 February 2007 }}</ref> Male kangaroos are called bucks, boomers, jacks, or old men; females are does, flyers, or jills; and the young ones are [[Joey (marsupial)|joey]]s.<ref name="sandiego">{{cite web|title=Kangaroo and Wallaby|url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-kangaroo.html|work=San Diego Zoo|publisher=Zoological Society of San Diego|access-date=2 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927154255/http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-kangaroo.html|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> The [[collective noun]] for a group of kangaroos is a mob, court, or troupe.<ref name="Kidcyber">{{cite web|last1=Sydenham |first1=S |last2=Thomas |first2=R |title=Kangaroos |url=http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/kanga.htm |work=Kidcyber |access-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903001135/http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/kanga.htm |archive-date=3 September 2011 }}</ref>