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A woman in Beverly Grove, Calif., had quite a battle on her hands this week as she faced off with a stubborn and potentially dangerous intruder that had taken up residence in a closet in her ...
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 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]
The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only one to two years in the wild and as long as four or more years in captivity. Senescence is rapid. [37] Opossums are moderately sexually dimorphic with males usually being larger, heavier, and having larger canines than females. [36]
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Unlike many marsupials, female mouse opossums do not possess a pouch to protect the young as they develop. The young are born so undeveloped that they don't open their eyes until 39–40 days after birth. It is likely that the young are completely weaned after around 65 days, and they may have an incredibly short life span of only one year.
The adult opossum had collided with a vehicle and passed away, leaving a bunch of scared little babies alone. “It has only been two days since we found them on the side of the road.