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The Virginia opossum is most active during the spring and summer. [28] It does not hibernate but reduces its activity during the winter. [27] [42] It may not leave its den for several days if the temperature drops below −7 to −4 °C (19 to 25 °F). [28] Both males and females are at greater risk of injury during breeding season. [43]
The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only one to two years in the wild and as long as four or more years in captivity. Senescence is rapid. [37] Opossums are moderately sexually dimorphic with males usually being larger, heavier, and having larger canines than females. [36]
Another factor is due to the shortage of food stocks during winter as the insects are being driven away and as the result, bat hibernate in pregnant condition. [38] In pinnipeds, the purpose of delayed implantation is in order to increase survival chance of the young animals as the mother ensure that the neonates are born at an optimal season. [39]
The official name for this animal is “opossum” but they are generally called possums, colloquially, throughout America, where they serve as the country’s only native marsupial.
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1 Opossums. 2 Shrews and moles. 3 Bats. 4 Rabbits and hares. 5 Rodents. 6 Carnivorans. 7 Hoofed mammals. 8 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of mammals ...
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This is a list of North American mammals.It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants.