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The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum [2] or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), including Trinidad and Tobago and the Windwards in the Caribbean, [2] where it is called manicou. [3]
This plant is a columnar cactus that forms huge tangled mounds of fairly rapid growth hanging or creeping, green shoots, up to 90 centimetres (35 in) high with stems 2 to 2.5 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 to 1 in) in diameter and 16 to 17 ribs, with 50 spines 0.4 to 1 centimetre (1 ⁄ 8 to 3 ⁄ 8 in) long. The brown areoles on it are close together ...
Strachey's notes describe the opossum as a "beast in bigness of a pig and in taste alike," while Smith recorded it "hath an head like a swine ... tail like a rat ... of the bigness of a cat." [ 6 ] The Powhatan word ultimately derives from a Proto-Algonquian word ( *wa·p-aʔθemwa ) meaning "white dog or dog-like beast."
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Rat tail cactus is the common name for several members of the cactus family: Aporocactus flagelliformis; Cylindropuntia leptocaulis; Cleistocactus winteri (Golden rat tail) Mammillaria pottsii (rat-tail nipple cactus)
“This Virginia opossum was admitted today after reportedly devouring an ENTIRE Costco chocolate cake.” In the post are two photos that paint a vivid picture. In one, a note written by an ...
Gray short-tailed opossums are relatively small animals, with a superficial resemblance to voles.In the wild they have head-body length of 12 to 18 cm (4.7 to 7.1 in) and weigh 58 to 95 grams (2.0 to 3.4 oz); males are larger than females. [5]
The big lutrine opossum ("lutrine" means "otter-like" and "crass" meaning "thick, fat" and "cauda" meaning "tail") is a very peculiar opossum, having a long weasel-like body, short legs, small rounded ears, and dense reddish or yellowish fur. [3] Nocturnal and crepuscular, they generally live in grasslands and savannas near water. They are ...