A kangaroo and its cub are on a meadow at Faunia outside Madrid, Spain, on April 19, 2018. Faunia is a nature theme park where visitors can get very close to animals. (Xinhua/Guo Qiuda)

A wolf is believed to have snatched a domesticated kangaroo in Belgium and wounded another in an overnight attack, a wolf expert told AFP on Wednesday. 

The missing marsupial is "probably dead," eaten "as a Christmas meal" by the unidentified wild canine, the expert Jan Loos said, confirming information he had given to local media.

The other kangaroo was bitten on the ear but survived.

He said the kangaroos were kept by private owners in their garden in northeast Belgium. 

Officers in the local police station in Balen, contacted by AFP, said they were aware of the media reports but had no further information on the alleged attack.

Loos, director of a Belgian wolf and wildlife center called Landschap said he was called to the property by the owners.

"I found wolf prints, so it's quite sure it's a wolf, but we're not 100 percent sure which wolf," he said.

AFP