Are opossum animals or mammals

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

possums are BOTH! mammals ARE animals! all mammals, reptiles, and amphibians and so on are ALL animals.

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∙ 13y ago

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Is an opossum a vertebrate or invertebrate?

An opossum is a mammal and mammals have backbones so it is a vertebrate.

Is a manicou a mammal?

Manicou is a regional name for opossum. Opossums are mammals (they have hair, mammary glands, and the 3 middle ear bones found in all mammals). Opossums are in the marsupial group of animals.

What are animals that begin with op?

opossum

Examples of mammals living on both land and in water?

The platypus, beavers, the nutria, the water-opossum, the capybara, the great Indian rhinoceros, and the hippopotamus. These are called semi-aquatic animals.

What is the shorest animal gestation period?

The shortest known gestation period among mammals is that of the Virginia opossum, which lasts about 12 days. This brief gestation allows the tiny, underdeveloped young to continue their development in the mother's pouch after birth. Other animals, like some species of rodents, also have short gestation periods, but the opossum holds the record among mammals.

Are possums vertebrates or invertebrates?

No, an opossum is a vertebrate as they are mammals with backbones.

Which mammals leave a 5 toed track?

Skunk, Opossum, Porcupine and Raccoon ...and people

When can the opossum survive on its own?

Yes, they are wild animals.

Are vertebrates mammals?

Vertebrates are animals with backbones. Not all vertebrates are mammals, however. Vertebrates also include reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish. Mammals do constutute a substantial number of vertebrates, but only a small fraction of the total species. Mammals include: monotremes (platypus,echidna) marsupials (kangaroo, opossum) marine mammals (whales, dolphins) semi-aquatic mammals (seals, sea lions) bats shrews, moles, and rodents hoofed animals felines, canines, and bears primates (apes, monkeys, man)

Are humans mammals or animals?

Both. Humans are animals in the order Mammalia. All mammals are animals, but not all animals are mammals.

Are we animals or mammals?

We are mammals, and mammals are one category of animal, so we are both animals and mammals.

What sleeps upside down?

One of the animals that sleeps upside down is the opossum. There are over 40 different species of the opossum.

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