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Are raccoons and possums part of the rodent family?
No. Raccoons are carnivores and opossums are marsupials.
Are ringtail raccoons related to ringtail possums?
Not at all. Raccoons and possums are from completely different families. Further, possums are marsupials and raccoons are placental mammals.
How are raccoons and possums the same?
Raccoons and opossums are not closely related both are mammals and both are omnivores.
Are raccoons related to possums?
No. Raccoons are placental mammals and possums are marsupials. The two are from completely different families.
Are possums and raccoons enemies?
No, for the simple reason that true possums are native to Australia, and are not the same as the North American opossums. There are no raccoons in Australia, so the two cannot be enemies.
What eats garden snails?
skunks, possums, raccoons, turtles
Are raccoons the same as possums?
No, raccoons are placental mammals and opossums are marsupials.
What do raccoons and possums have in common?
Raccoons and possums are both warm blooded, air breathing mammals. As mammals, they nurture their young on mothers' milk. Also, both being mammals, their limbs are oriented vertically, they have a four-chambered heart and they have a flexible neck with seven cervical vertebrae. That is where the similarities end. Raccoons are placental mammals and possums are marsupials. True possums are found in New Guinea, Australia (including Tasmania), Sulawesi (Indonesia) and a few other small islands in the Pacific region. Raccoons are mostly found in North America. Their feeding habits are different: raccoons are scavengers, but true possums are not.
Can a raccoon die from rat poison?
Yes, rat poison can kill raccoons if they eat enough of it.
Why are the wood rat endangered?
There food is disappearing and also the raccoons population is increasing which brings more of a disease from the raccoons that affects the wood rat population.
Are possums of the rodent family?
Not at all. Possums are marsupials.
Are possums and koala a family?
No. Possums and koalas are both mammals and marsupials, but they are not in the same family.True possums - those that are found in Australia and nearby islands - are divided into three families. These families are: the ringtail possums and gliders (Family Petauridae); the brushtail possums and cuscuses (Family Phalangeridae) and the pygmy possums and feathertail glider (Family Burramyidae).Koalas are from the family Phascolarctidae.
