Possums use their tail to help balance. The tail is prehensile, and can curl around objects for support, but cannot grasp objects; it can only help steady the possum as it dashes along narrow branches and wires.
They have a prehensile tail to be able to grip tree branches.
tail is adapted for grasping and wrapping around things like tree limbs
Because they are less heavy than adult opossums, so the tail can support their weight.
The opossum is known for hanging by its strong tail, allowing it to keep its hands free for feeding, climbing, or other activities. This prehensile tail is a unique adaptation that provides the opossum with added dexterity and balance.
The Virginia Opossum is one animal that fits that description.
This is the Virginia Opossum, also known as the North American opossum.
a raccoon a mouse a deer a opossum a ferret most rodents
No, an opossum is not a lizard.
the opossum clings on with its tail. the bat doesnt it clings on with its feet.
Opossum
no opossums do not sleep hanging by their tails really they dont even hang by their tails they use their tails to stabilize them- self while climbing a tree.
Although vague, your description fits a "Tlacuache" or Opossum.