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Q: How did opossums get to North America?
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Are there opossums in France?

No. Opossums are found only in North and Central America.


How many types of opossums are there in north America?

There is just one species of opossum in North America, and that is the Virginia opossum.


What Opossums are the only what that lives in north americ?

They are the only marsupial native to North America.


Where opossums live?

in north and south america only, l think.


Are there opossums in Europe?

There are no opossum species native to Europe, but the Virginia Opossum of North America has spread to Europe and Asia.


Which opossums do not have a pouch?

The species of opossum which do have pouches are the Didelphis and Philander opossums. Both the male and female aquatic Chironectes also have watertight pouches, but the remainder of the opossums found in North and South America have little more than a basic flap of skin.


Can opossums live in Europe and why do they not?

There are no native opossums in Europe, but the North American opossum has spread there.


What does opossums mean?

An Opossum is a mammal. It is North America's only marupial (pouched animal).


What is the only marsupial found outside Australasia?

No marsupials originated in North America. The opossums that live in Central America, and the Virginia Opossum, which is found as far north as southern Canada, all originated in South America but moved to North America when the two Americas joined together about three million years ago.


What is opossums enemies?

In South and Central America, big cats and pit vipers eat opossums.


Can you get possums in Canada?

No. True possums are found only in Australia and islands of Oceania, such as New Guinea and New Zealand.You will find opossums in North America. Opossums are found throughout parts of the United States, and in southeastern Canada.


Where do opssums live?

Opossums live in South America.