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  Didelphimorphia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opossum fur is quite soft, and was once commonly used in the bathtub as a sponge.
The opossum was a favorite game animal in the United States in particular, the southern regions which have a large body of recipes and folklore relating to the opossum.
Opossum was once widely consumed in the United States where available as evidenced by recipes in older editions of the Joy of Cooking.
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 United States FLORA AND FAUNA
Four poisonous snakes survive, of which the rattlesnake is the most common.
Endangered species of rodents included the Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel, beach mouse, salt-marsh harvest mouse, 7 species of bat (Virginia and Ozark big-eared Sanborn's and Mexican long-nosed, Hawaiian hoary, Indiana, and gray), and the Morro Ba, Fresno, Stephens', and Tipton Kangaroo rats and rice rat.
Endangered amphibians included four species of salamander (Santa Cruz long-toed, Shenandoah, desert slender, and Texas blind), Houston and Wyoming toad, and six species of turtle (green sea, hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Plymouth and Alabama red-bellied, and leatherback).
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 Brown Four-eyed Opossum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Brown Four-eyed Opossum, Metachirus nudicaudatus, is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae.
It is a strongly nocturnal, terrestrial and omnivorous animal, feeding on fruits, small vertebrates and invertebrates.
The Brown Four-eyed Opossum builds nests made of leaves and twigs in tree branches or under rocks and logs.
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 Keeping Marsupials : Keeping and Breeding Marsupials in Captivity, Maintaining Injured and Orphaned Wildlife in ...
In a study which examined the feces of individuals, some brown four eyed opossums were found to consume more ants, termites, cockroaches and beetles than any other food in their diet (Freitas et al., 1997).
Brown four eyed opossums are seasonally polyestrous, meaning that they are capable of breeding many times through out the year.
Brown four eyed opossums are completely nocturnal, hardly moving from their nests until dark.
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 Digimorph - Didelphis virginiana (Opossum)
The Virginia opossum is a large didelphid; adult males average 2.8 kg and adult females average 1.9 kg (McManus, 1974).
The Virginia opossum also occurs along the U.S. west coast and was introduced sporadically throughout the Great Plains, desert southwest, and Rocky Mountain states (Gardner, 1973).
The skull of the Virginia opossum is characterized by a snout that is wider than the braincase and a pronounced sagittal crest.
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 Genus Metachirus - Brown Four Eyed Opossum
These opossums are found in Argentina (Northeast), Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico (Chiapas), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela.
Upperparts dull brown grading to tan on sides and below ears; underparts pale yellow (rufous around nipples of female, which lacks a pouch).
Face dark brown, with a narrow, dark stripe extending from forehead to nape of neck; cheeks and spots above eyes cream-colored, rest of face dark brown.
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 animal trivia, uncommon facts about animals - Trivial Trivia Collections
A normal cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum (the only compartment with digestive juices).
Animal gestation periods: the shortest is the American opossum, which bears its young 12 to 13 days after conception; the longest is the Asiatic elephant, taking 608 days, or just over 20 months.
Brown eggs come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes; white eggs come from hens with white feathers and white ear lobes.
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Brown Four-eyed Opossum - The Brown Four-eyed Opossum, Metachirus nudicaudatus, is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae.
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 Genus Philander - Four-Eyed Opossums
These opossums are found in the neotropics, including; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (down to the southeast), Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (up to the northeast), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, El Salvador and Venezuela.
There are conflicting reports on how these opossums react defensively; some state they run away on the ground while others say they escape by climbing nearby trees.
Like many other South American opossums, they are opportunistic and will feed on a variety of small animals, including birds, crabs, eggs, frogs, insects, lizards, mice, shrimp and rodents.
www.knowyoursto.com /didelphidae/philander.htm   (762 words)

  
 Articles - Didelphimorphia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Dominica and Trinidad opossum is popular and can only be hunted during certain times of the year due to over-hunting; the meat is traditionally prepared by smoking then stewing.
The cousin of the opossum, the possum, found in Australia and New Zealand is consumed in a similar manner as its cousin.
*** Genus ´´Didelphis´´ **** White-eared Opossum (´´Didelphis albiventris´´)
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 Mammals: Didelphidae
Marmosa andersoni Pine, 1972 - Anderson´s Mouse Opossum
Marmosops handleyi (Pine, 1981) - Handley´s Slender Mouse Opossum
Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi, 1845) - White-bellied Slender Mouse Opossum
www.phthiraptera.org /Mammals/Didelphidae.html   (487 words)

  
 Murine Mouse Opossum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Murine Mouse Opossum: Marmosa murina: Red Mouse Opossum: Marmosa rubra: Little Rufous Mouse Opossum: Marmosa lepida: Red-legged Short-tailed Opossum: Monodelphis brevicaudataMurine Mouse Opossum Marmosa Cheap Caeino murina.
Pale-bellied woollyMarmosa murina (Murine Mouse Opossum) French Guiana.
Monodelphis brevicaudata short-tailed opossumAmong the other opossum species are the tiny mouse opossums (Marmosa species) and the yapok, or water opossum (Geographic association of Rickettsia felis-infected opossums with human murine typhus.
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 Mammals & Other Wildlife found during FONT's Central America Tours
However, this large group has recently been split into 7 orders.
Brown Blunt-headed Vine Snake ______ CR, PN Imantodes cenchoa
Brown Vine Snake ______ (*) CR(S), PN Oxybelis aeneus
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 Didelphidae
alstoni, canescens, cinerea, constantiae, cracens, domina, emiliae, fuscata, germana, impavida, incana, invicta, lepida, leucastra, mapiriensis, mexicana, murina, noctivaga, ocellata, phaea, quichua, rapposa, regina, robinsoni, rubra, scapulata, tyleriana, yungasensis, xerophila -- Murine opossum
aceramarcae, agilis, agricolai, dryas, elegans, formosa, grisea, karimii, marica, microtarsus, pusilla, tatei, unduaviensis, velutina -- Murine opossum
adusta, americana, brevicaudata, dimidiata, domestica, henseli, iheringi, kunsi, maraxina, orinoci, osgoodi, scalops, sorex, theresa, touan, unistriata, umbristriata -- Short-tailed opossum
www.innvista.com /science/zoology/mammals/didelphi.htm   (79 words)

  
 Folklore Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
I am just surprised she didn't fixate on the unicorns or the fairies for her art.
The main thing I like about this book is that she has read it about four times since Easter.
This is a book and series that will keep kids reading.
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 Animals in the Atlas
Didelphimorphia (American marsupials): Didelphinae (American opossums) mouse opossums
Chiroptera (bats): Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats) (A-F)  Anderson's Mouse Opossum
Didelphimorphia (American marsupials): Caluromyinae (woolly opossums and relatives)
www.dynamicplanet.com /MammalAtlas/List_of_Animals.htm   (1758 words)

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