Read the text and think of one word which best fits each gap.

KANGAROOS

The kangaroo is (76) …………………………. of the Australia’s most iconic animals. Kangaroos of different types live in all areas of Australia, from cold climate areas and desert plains (77) …………………………. tropical rainforests and beaches.

Kangaroos are herbivorous, eating a range of plants and, (78) …………………………. some cases, fungi. Different kangaroo species inhabit different habitats. Some, for example, make nests on the ground while tree-kangaroo live above the ground. Larger (79) …………………………. of kangaroo tend to shelter under trees or in caves.

Most kangaroos are distinguished from (80) …………………………. animals by the way they hop on their strong back legs. A kangaroo’s tail is used to balance while hopping and as a fifth climb when moving slowly.

Kangaroos have long (81) …………………………. important to the survival of Australia’s indigenous people, (82) …………………………. have hunted them for tens of thousands of years, using (83) …………………………. the meat and the skins. When Europeans arrived in Australia in the late eighteenth century, they too hunted kangaroos for survival. Kangaroos continue to be used as a resource, but only (84) …………………………. strict government controls. Nowadays only the four most abundant species of kangaroo may be commercially harvested for export, and then only by licensed hunters in accordance (85) …………………………. an approved management plan.