Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Quit playing possum—there's no need to hide from these absolutely adorable possum pics! The post 25 Possum Pictures That Will Convince You They’re Actually Cute appeared first on Reader's Digest.
The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, [2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata. [1] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal. [1]
The largest difference between the opossum and non-marsupial mammals is the bifurcated penis of the male and bifurcated vagina of the female (the source of the term didelphimorph, from the Greek didelphys, meaning "double-wombed"). [38] Opossum spermatozoa exhibit sperm-pairing, forming conjugate pairs in the epididymis.
The Brazilian gracile opossum is found only in Brazil, being endemic to the south-eastern parts of the country, from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul. [4] It inhabits rainforests and partly deciduous forests scattered in the southern regions of the cerrado ecoregion, but, being able to forage successfully on the ground, is less affected by fragmentation of forest habitats than more purely ...
Another tiny friend found in the Valdivian rainforest is the Monito del Monte. This tiny opossum weighs less than a pound and lives in the thickets of bamboo within the forests.
The coppery brushtail possum (Trichosurus johnstonii) is a species of marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae. [2] Coppery brushtails are found within the Atherton Tablelands area of Queensland, in northeastern Australia. [1] [2] These mammals inhabit rainforest ecosystems, living within the tree canopy.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...