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Virginia OpossumFamily:Didelphidae


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Virginia OpossumFamily:Didelphidae


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Virginia OpossumFamily:Didelphidae


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Virginia OpossumFamily:Didelphidae


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1 Family, 87 Species
Opossums
The Americas
10 to 4,000 g.

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