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As shocking as it would be to have a wild animal neighbor stop by for a visit, opossums (or possums) are known to be harmless to people. Although they bare their teeth when feeling threatened ...
All I get is a opossum hanging out in my backyard," wrote one person. "Got to see the herd roaming last time I went through the hills in Moval, I cried. I love donkeys!"
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum [2] or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), including Trinidad and Tobago and the Windwards in the Caribbean, [2] where it is called manicou. [3]
An opossum that ran across the field during Texas Tech’s home game against TCU has become a viral meme ... The opossum was wrangled by stadium authorities before reaching the 20-yard line, but ...
Virginia opossums can vary considerably in size, with larger specimens found to the north of the opossum's range and smaller specimens in the tropics. They measure 33–55 cm (13–22 in) long from their snout to the base of the tail, with the tail adding another 25–54 cm (9.8–21.3 in).
The common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay in chaco and Andean foothill habitats. [2] Its head-and-body length is about 75 to 120 (mean 94.3) mm, and its tail length is about 90 to 134 (mean 103.6) mm.
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It was an opossum huddled in the corner of a building on Grand Street. (Possums and opossums are different animals but the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. It's confusing.)