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What is a male opossum called?
A male opossum is called a jack
How did an opossum get i'ts name?
'Opossum' means 'white animal' or 'white mammal'.
What does an opossum do after it is attacked?
After it is attacked, the Opossum usually does exactly what its name means. "Play Dead".
What does the name opossum mean?
Opossums
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.
Does a female opossum need a male opossum?
yes at first so it can have babies to birth but then when the females babies are born she can leave the fatheror kill him if he trys tohurt one of the babies
How did possum get its name?
There are slightly different versions of how the 'possum got its name. From WikiPedia (see also link below): The Virginia Opossum is the original animal named "opossum". The word comes from Algonquian 'wapathemwa' meaning "white animal", not from Greek or Latin, so the plural is opossums. Colloquially, the Virginia Opossum is frequently called simply possum. The name is applied more generally to any of the other marsupials of the Didelphimorphia and Paucituberculata orders, which includes a number of opossum species in South America. The possums of Australia, whose name is derived from a similarity to the Virginia Opossum, are also marsupials, but of the order Diprotodontia. From the Opossum Society of the US: The name "opossum" is derived from an Algonquian Indian word "apasum", meaning white animal.
Is there a male possum?
Whether referring to an opossum or a true possum the answer is yes. Both sexes exist for the species.
A beasts name starting with o?
* ogre * octopus * opossum * otter
Mammal with 7 letters in its name?
Opossum, raccoon, panther...
Which of these have the most teeth The Opossum The Tiger The Bear The Shrew?
Opossum opossum
What does an opossum do when it is attacked )?
Opossums may play dead if threatened. They bare their teeth, release foam, and release scents from the anal glands, making a predator think that they are dead. Sometimes, a threatened opossum (particularly a male) will growl instead.
