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    Opossums (/əˈpɒsəm/) are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia (/daɪˌdɛlfɪˈmɔːrfiə/) endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials...
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    The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending...
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  • Look up opossum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Opossums are marsupials that belong to order Didelphimorphia in the Western Hemisphere. Opossum or opossom...
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    The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species...
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    The water opossum (Chironectes minimus), also locally known as the yapok (/ˈjæpɒk/), is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is the only living member...
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  • Opossum Run is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. Opossum Run received its name from an incident when road workers killed an opossum there. List of rivers...
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  • Pygmy opossum may refer to: Chacoan pygmy opossum (Chacodelphys formosa) from South America Pygmy short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis kunsi) from South America...
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    The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in...
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  • Opossum Creek may refer to: Opossum Creek (Little Osage River), a stream in Kansas Opossum Creek (Big Creek), a stream in Missouri Opossum Creek (Conewago...
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  • Heidi (May 2008 – 28 September 2011) was a Virginia opossum housed at Germany's Leipzig Zoo. In December 2010, the two-and-a-half year old, cross-eyed...
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    The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is a small South American member of the family Didelphidae. Unlike most other marsupials, the gray...
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    in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as Large American opossums, are members of the opossum order, Didelphimorphia. The genus Didelphis is composed of...
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    The gray four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum) is an opossum species from Central and South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and...
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  • Grubby is an opossum that traveled from somewhere in Washington State to Homer, Alaska in a shipping container and eluded authorities for over a month...
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    The brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus) is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of...
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  • the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum: HMS Opossum (1808) was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1819. HMS Opossum (1821) was a...
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  • Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily Caluromyinae Genus Caluromysiops Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta) Genus Caluromys (woolly opossum) Subgenus...
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    Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus), or the Central American woolly opossum, is an opossum found in deciduous and moist evergreen forests of Central...
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  • Opossum Creek (also called Possum Creek) is a stream in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek. Opossum Creek was...
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  • Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Caluromyinae Genus: Caluromys Derby's woolly opossum, C. derbianus LC Brown-eared woolly opossum, C. lanatus LC Bare-tailed...
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  • Opossum Branch is a stream in Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Elkhorn Creek. Opossum Branch was so named on account...
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  • The red-bellied gracile opossum (Cryptonanus ignitus) is an extinct species of opossum that was native to Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Its forest...
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    marsupials encompass a wide range of species, including kangaroos, koalas, opossums, Tasmanian devils, wombats, wallabies, and bandicoots, among others. Marsupials...
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    The family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains...
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    four-eyed opossum Philander opossum - Gray four-eyed opossum Philander pebas - Pebas four-eyed opossum Philander quica - Southern four-eyed opossum Philander...
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    Thylacine (redirect from Zebra opossum)
    created by Linnaeus for the American opossums, describing it as Didelphis cynocephala, the "dog-headed opossum". Recognition that the Australian marsupials...
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    didelphimorphs, or opossums. They are primarily found in South America, though some are found in Central America and Mexico and one, the Virginia opossum, ranges...
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  • Four-eyed opossum may refer to: Brown four-eyed opossum, genus Metachirus Gray and black four-eyed opossum, genus Philander This disambiguation page lists...
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    The Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphys halli) is the sole species in genus Lestodelphys. The Patagonian opossum occurs further south, in Argentina, than...
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  • Microphis lineatus, the opossum pipefish, is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in fresh, brackish and marine waters in the West...
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