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Big lutrine opossum or thick-tailed opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata) Genus Philander (gray and black four-eyed opossum) Anderson's four-eyed opossum (Philander andersoni) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (Philander deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (Philander frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (Philander mcilhennyi)
An ovivore or ovivorous animal is one that eats eggs, from Latin ovum, egg, and vorare, to devour. [1] An obligate ovivore or egg predator is an animal that feeds exclusively on eggs. [ 2 ] This is different from an egg parasite, an animal such as a parasitic wasp which grows inside the egg of another insect.
Monotreme eggs are retained for some time within the mother and receive nutrients directly from her, generally hatching within ten days after being laid – much shorter than the incubation period of sauropsid eggs. [25] [26] Much like newborn marsupials (and perhaps all non-placentals [27]), newborn monotremes, called "puggles", [28] are ...
Opossums eat insects, rodents, birds, eggs, frogs, plants, fruits and grain. Some species may eat the skeletal remains of rodents and roadkill animals to fulfill their calcium requirements. [45] In captivity, opossums will eat practically anything including dog and cat food, livestock fodder and discarded human food scraps and waste.
The term "opossum" is used to refer to American species (though "possum" is a common abbreviation), while similar Australian species are properly called "possums". Isolated petrosals of Djarthia murgonensis , Australia's oldest marsupial fossils [ 71 ] Dentition of the herbivorous eastern grey kangaroo, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in ...
The U.S. Geological Survey has reported near 100% reductions in small mammal populations like raccoons and opossums ... eating over 84 species of animals in Florida, even large ones like deer and ...
Mar. 24—It's not that Griffin Dill has anything against opossums. The director of the University of Maine Tick Lab just wants to set the record straight: North America's only marsupial is not a ...
Diet: Fruit and leaves, as well as insects, small vertebrates, and eggs [75] VU Unknown [76] Eastern common cuscus. P. intercastellanus Thomas, 1895: Eastern New Guinea: Size: 32–60 cm (13–24 in) long, plus 24–61 cm (9–24 in) tail [75] Habitat: Forest [77] Diet: Fruit and leaves, as well as insects, small vertebrates, and eggs [75] LC