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Didelphimorphs are small to medium-sized marsupials that grow to the size of a house cat. They tend to be semi- arboreal omnivores, although there are many exceptions. Most members of this order have long snouts, a narrow braincase, and a prominent sagittal crest. The dental formula is: 5.1.3.4 4.1.3.4 × 2 = 50 teeth.
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum 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, where it is called manicou.
The common brushtail possum has a head and body length of 32–58 cm (13–23 in) [7] with a tail length of 24–40 cm (9.4–16 in). [8] It weighs 1.2–4.5 kg (2.6–9.9 lb). [8] Males are generally larger than females. In addition, the coat of the male tends to be reddish at the shoulders.
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Possum pelts. An industry using fur pelts and wool mixed with possum fur fibre has developed, with trappers and hunters providing raw material. The fur is often sold as 'eco-fur' by a number of manufacturing and retailing businesses. Possum hairs are hollow, like polar bear hairs, and the wool produced is both soft, and an excellent insulator.
"Playing possum" When injured or threatened (e.g., by a dog), the Virginia opossum is known to feign death or "play possum". If threatened, an opossum will either flee or take a stand. To appear threatening, an opossum will first bare its 50 teeth, snap its jaw, hiss, drool, and stand its fur on end to look bigger.
Leadbeater's possum. Leadbeater's possum ( Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, [3] Australia, north-east of Melbourne. [4] It is primitive, relict, and non-gliding, and, as the only species in the ...
Middle Run, from between Possum Hollow and Snow Goose Trails. Middle Run Valley Natural Area is a nature park owned and maintained by New Castle County, Delaware. The park, known also by its initials MRVNA, is located east of downtown Newark amidst residential neighborhoods and other park land. Establishment of MRVNA was begun in 1975 ...