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Diagrams and photos of tracks, basic facts, personal notes, and information about opossum babies. Opossums have pointed noses and naked tails. They are the only North American mammals with prehensile grasping tails. The tail is used to assist in clim ...
http://www.bear-tracker.com/opossum.html
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- The Opossum Facts
Short list of facts about the only native North American marsupial, the Virginia opossum. North Americas only marsupial female has a pouch mammal. The female carries and nurses her young in her marsupium until they are about 2 to 3 months old; then t ...
http://www.opossum.org/facts.htm
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- Possum Pages
Information about the North American opossum with facts, humor, a quiz and photos. The opossum is a noble beast, though much maligned in common thought. Sad to say, most residents of North America see the opossum as of little more use other than to d ...
http://opossum.craton.net/
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- The Virginia Opossum
History, location, habitat, description, behavior, and reproduction. The first known usage of the word opossum occured in 1610 in promotional literature for the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement. It read: There are ... Apossouns, in shape like to pigge ...
http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/4.htm
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- The Opossum
Photos, classification, and basic facts. Opossums are North Americas only marsupial pouched mammal. Opossums have opposable thumbs on their rear feet and can also grasp with their tails. opossum can be dangerous handle with careOpossums clean up our ...
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/opossum.htm
| | - Nature Works
Detailed description including photographs, range, habitat, diet, and behavior. The Virginia opossum is North Americas only marsupial. A marsupial is an animal with a pouch, like a kangaroo or a koala. The opossum has been around for at least 70 mill ...
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/opossum.htm
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