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Virginia Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Photo by Mel Carroll
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Field Notes

Description:

Opossum in it's final minutes.

Habitat:

Suburban woodland.

Notes:

Found this one in my yard, trying to make his way to the den under my porch. I didn't see any trauma and put the banana there in case he was playing dead, but he did not survive. He was huge, maybe 25 pounds? (I'm assuming he, I didn't check.)

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