This Skin for my first ever skin contest entry is a Red Kangaroo.I picked it because I always liked the Red Desert in Australia and in the Red Desert there are Red Kangaroos! 

A little Description about them: 

• Size and Weight: Typically the powerfully built, mature, male red kangaroo stands five or six feet tall. Its heavy tail measures some three feet in length, serving almost like an extra leg for balance and stability. The animal may weigh 200 pounds. The female is roughly a third smaller than the male. 
  
• Head: The roo has a relatively small head with a face, nose and ears somewhat like a mule deer. It has white stripes between the corners of its mouth and the bases of its ears. Its eyes, located near the sides of its face, give it a field of view of about 300 degrees. (By comparison, a human, with eyes located on the front of the face, has a field of view of roughly 180 degrees.) The roo's teeth include incisors for cropping grass and molars for grinding. New teeth regularly move forward to replace those that wear down and fall out. 
  
• Body: The body has a chambered stomach, much like a cow. In one of its most distinctive characteristics, the female has a pouch with four mammary glands inside. It is her nursery, where she raises, nurtures and protects her young. 
  
• Forelegs: The red kangaroo has foreshortened forelegs with heavily clawed paws that serve for eating, grooming and fighting (or "boxing"). 
  
• Hindlegs: It has long hindlegs with brawny hindquarters that have strong, elastic-like tendons, which power the animal's hops. It has large back feet, each with second and third toes fused into a single large claw that is used in grooming and fighting. The kangaroo can't move its back legs independently, so it can travel only by hopping. Propelled by its hindlegs, the red kangaroo can reach speeds of about 35 to 40 miles an hour and can clear 25 feet in a single leap. 
  
• Coat and Color: The red kangaroo has a thick wool-like coat that is usually reddish for the male and bluish gray for the female, with the underparts and legs lighter in color for both sexes. The animal's colors and shades vary with locale. 
  
• Senses: The kangaroo has keenly developed senses of smell, vision and hearing. 
  
• Communication: The roo's methods for communication are little understood. It seems to stamp its feet and thump its tail to alert its mob to impending danger. It also appears to leave chemical traces that may be signals to other roos.
  

I hope you judges enjoy it and I hope to get a good score! 
From Master G