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What family is a opossum from?
Didelphidae.
What is a thick-furred American marsupial of the family Didelphidae?
The American opossum belongs to this family.
Are an opossum and a kangaroo alike?
No. The only similarity between a kangaroo and an opossum is the fact that they are both marsupials. This means they are both pouched mammals. However, the kangaroo belongs to the family Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, while opossums belong to the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae.
What is the scientific name for the opossum?
Possums belong to the family Phalangeridae and order Marsupialia, while opossums belong to the order Didelphimorphia, although they are also marsupials.
What languages does the word opossum come from?
The Virginia opossum is the original animal named "opossum". The word comes from Algonquian wapathemwa meaning "white animal". Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently called simply "possum".
Is an opossum a rodent?
no because it does not come into any people's house like mice
What kind of mammal are sugar gliders?
Sugar gliders are marsupials, and members of the possum (not "opossum") family.
To which animal is south America's yapok most related?
The Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus), also locally known as the Yapok, is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It looks like mostly related with this family is the Originally native to the eastern United States, the Virginia Opossum which was intentionally introduced into the West during the Great depressoin probably as a source of food.
Which of these have the most teeth The Opossum The Tiger The Bear The Shrew?
Opossum opossum
What classification is a opossum?
An opossum is a marsupial.
What type of a mammal is an opposum?
An opossum is a small terrestrial omnivorous marsupial. It is in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae.
What part of speech is opossum?
Opossum is a noun.
