Opossums are found only in North America. Many people confuse opossums with possums.
Possums are different to opossums, and not even closely related at all.
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Opossums are found in North America,while the "water opossums" or yapok is found in central and South America. The creature known as the possum in Australia and New Guinea is actually a quite different animal.
Possums live in hollow trees and logs in forests, bushland and virtually any area with decent sized native trees such as gum trees. Unfortunately, they also like to inhabit the roof space in houses, and have been known to make themselves at home in fireplaces and even dog kennels.
True possums are found in New Guinea, Australia (including Tasmania), Sulawesi (Indonesia) and a few other small islands in the Pacific region. Although not native to New Zealand, the brush-tailed possum was introduced into that country over a century ago and has subsequently become a pest.
Varieties of possums found in Australia include the ring tail possum, various species of pygmy possums, brush tailed possum and gliders.
The creature known as an opossum, which is unrelated to the possum, is found in North America, while a type of water-possum, known as the yapok, is found in central and South America.
The Virginia Opossum is found throughout Central America (north of about Costa Rico) and Mexico, and throughout all of the United States and southern Canada east of the Rockies. It is also found (through introduction) along the west coast of the USA.
no hyenas do not live in new mexico because i live there :) but i wish they did live live in new mexico now that would be cool
when the opossums live in Canada and it snows it is cold, when the opossums live in the U.S. it sometimes is cold but does not snow and it is sometimes is warm.
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He doesnt live in New Mexico he lives in Atlanta.
rattle snakes live in New Mexico and they are very vicious
There are no native opossums in Europe, but the North American opossum has spread there.
Opossums live in South America.
No. Only one species of opossums, the Virginia Opossum, lives in the United States. There are 94 other species of opossums, and 6 species of shrew opossums. All of these live either in Central or South America.
Opossums are found everywhere in Texas but are rarer in the arid regions.
Possums, which are quite different to opossums, are native to the continent of Australia. They are also found in New Zealand, to which they were introduced in the 1800s, in New Guinea and on some of the islands of Indonesia.
In New Mexico, Mexico, and Central America.
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