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🦘 Kangaroo

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🦘 Emoji meaning

Australia, big hops, great balance, but can't go backward.

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🦘 Meaning

We are going to the other end of the world! Apart from the koala, the kangaroo is the most famous animal in Australia. The world's largest marsupial has even made it to the Australian coat of arms. Kangaroos are walking with their tail, they cannot run backwards and they do not sweat.

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Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Kangaroo” was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018 and added to Emoji 11.0.

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ animal

In the release of Emoji 15.0 and Unicode 15.0 in 2022 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- Australia

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Australia + joey + jump + kangaroo + marsupial

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