The opossum is the only marsupial in North America, and is among the most primitive of living mammals.
Characteristics: The opossum is about the size of a house cat, but the body is stouter, ranging 15 to 20 inches with a tail of 9 to 15 inches. It has short legs with a pointed nose and a white face, black ears with a white tip and a scaly, ratlike tail that is round and adaptable for grasping (prehensile).
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I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear