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opossum
opossum (possum) New World
marsupial animal. The only marsupial found outside Australasia. Omnivorous tree-dwellers, they have silky grey fur, and feign death when in danger. The common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, grows up to 50cm (20in) long, plus a 30cm (12in) tail. Family Didelphidae.
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Opossums take a liking to state, except for traffic
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/19/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...its end beneath the wheel. Opossums, North America's only marsupial...biologists say. In discussing the opossum's score on a scale that compares...of similar body size -- an opossum is about the size of a house...complexity of mammalian society, opossums score a 2. Save for the temporary...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Opossums and career women. (natural selection) (Science and Technology)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/10/1990; 700+ words
; Opossums and career women CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS OPOSSUMS frequently appear to be dead. In part this is because...It is also because they often are indeed dead. Few opossums make it far into their second year. For mammals of their...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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HUMBLE OPOSSUM CAN BECOME FEISTY WHEN CORNERED
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 12/24/1998; 698 words
; ...the Virginia opossum, I haven't met it. Opossums haven't any...If the Old Man Opossum next door had...In fact, most opossums are nocturnal...pale, blond. Opossums are a reminder...static. The opossum, humble in form...
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Fast facts: opossums.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; * Opossum Pockets: What makes opossums really special...and the southern opossum from Central and...photo at right), opossums have a toe that...bobcats kill and eat opossums if they get a chance. But an opossum isn't easy to...
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MOTHER OPOSSUM IS GETTING A LOT OF MOTHERING.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 5/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...cared for a mother opossum with young before...tends to young opossums whose mothers were...a tail like an opossum. Opossums have extraordinary...Flengas said. The opossum also is the only...States. Young opossums are born in a larval...
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Wild about Opossums
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 2/10/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...are handfed special opossum formula. "They sort...Stapp said. The opossums move to the cages outside...out there to do their opossum thing," Stapp said. But sometimes orphaned opossums find a long-term home with the Stapps. An opossum named Rufee that had...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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CUTE SQUIRRELS AND OPOSSUMS OFTEN VIEW YARD AS A SALAD BAR.(L.A. Life)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 12/18/1999; 700+ words
; ...and other trees. The opossum, that other cute garden...native to North America. Opossums (some people call them...benefit to gardeners, the opossum does perform a useful...its diverse diet. The opossum will happily dine on...and rats. If you see opossums in your yard, it is...
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The not-so-stupid opossum. (Column)
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...behavior. CAN'T PLAY OPOSSUM A relic of prehistoric times, Virginia opossums have had to contend...social structure. Opossums both excrete and...its own eau d'opossum, each individual...two-year-old opossum is ancient, and...dying, Virginia opossums are among the most...
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Landscape Associations of Road-killed Virginia Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) in Central Massachusetts
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Although the opossum usually is considered...woodlands, opossums in central Massachusetts...we indexed opossum abundance by identifying dead opossums on road transects...observed a dead opossum. For simplicity...recorded all opossums they saw, on...
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Oh! Possum: prehistoric and prolific.(the common opossum)(includes related article)
Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...animals now extinct. The opossums Bruce found were the Virginia opossums, the common opossum (Didelphis virginiana...proliferate and add to the opossum population. Slow-witted they may be -- but opossums will probably survive...
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Opossums
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Opossums The Virginia or common opossum ( Didelphis virginiana...usual habitat of opossums is brushy or forested...the Virginia opossum will also feed...United States. Opossums can be trapped...Fortunately, the opossum is quite fecund...
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opossum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...food and sport. Among the other opossum species are the tiny mouse opossums ( Marmosa species) and the yapok, or water opossum ( Chironectes minimus ), which...ranges from Guatemala to Brazil. Opossums are classified in the phylum Chordata...
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opossum rat
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
opossum rat See CAENOLESTOIDEA .
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Marsupialia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...Polyprotodonta, which includes the opossum-like insectivorous, carnivorous...other forms evolved from an opossum-like stock, but differing...small group of ‘opossum rats’), but nowadays...similar in general form to the opossums of America. In Australia the...
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Caenolestoidea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Caenolestoidea ( opossum rats ; infraclass Metatheria , order...marsupials, known since the Eocene . Opossum rats possess four upper and three or...has a claw. There is no marsupium . Opossum rats live in the Andes forests. There...
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