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Photo courtesy of Jim Lawrey

Pretty opossum

to the mother as she waddles around in search of food. At four months of age, they’re on their own.

Worldwide, there are around 250 species of marsupials assigned to a number of families, the largest and oldest of which (the Didelphidae) is the one to which opossums are assigned taxonomically.

Living fossils

Virginia opossums are the only present-day North Ameri

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