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Are possums and opossums the same animal ?
Date: Sat Jan 20 11:38:19 2001Posted By: Will Higgs, Grad student, Zooarchaeology, University of YorkArea of science: ZoologyID: 979848014.Zo
Message:Ronald,At an etymological level, your question can simply be answered 'yes'. Possum is just an abbreviated form of the 'proper' name of opossum. It originally derived from a Native American word for the animal, and was transferred to South America and Australia as a name for similar animals there.Biologically,...
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