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Opossum

Opossums (/əˈpɒsəmz/) are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia (/daɪˌdɛlfɪˈmɔːrfiə/) endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 126 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North America in the Great American Interchange following the connection of North and…

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Opossum

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Edges315
Triples304
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006329
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Opossum

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related to Classification · 176
Opossum → Abello, Agile, Alston's, Amazonian, Ameghino, American Society, Andean, Anthony's, Argentine, Bare-tailed, Big-eared, Black, Bolivian, Brazilian, Brown-eared, Buff-bellied, Caluromys, Caluromysiops, Carr's, Chacoan
related to Evolution · 27
Opossum → Alphadon, Amazonia, Before, But, Didelphis, Herpetotherium, Hyperdidelphys, It, Large, Lutreolina, Many, Marmosa, Metatheria, Miocene, Miocene-Pliocene, Most, Oligocene, Opossums, Peradectes, Pucadelphys
related to Hunting and foodways · 22
Opossum → American South, Atlanta, Caribbean, Grenada, Grenadines, Historically, In, In Dominica, It, Possum, President Jimmy Carter, President-elect William Howard Taft, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, South Carolina, Sweet, Taters, The, Trinidad, United States
related to Etymology · 19
Opossum → Australia, Australian, Both, English, Europeans, Following, Jamestown, John Smith, Phalangeriformes, Possum, Powhatan, Proto-Algonquian, Smith, Strachey, Strachey's, The, The Powhatan, Virginia, William Strachey
related to Reproduction and life cycle · 13
Opossum → As, Australian, Baby, Conjugate, Female, Greek, Once, Opossums, Senescence, The, They, This, Virginia
related to Diet · 11
Opossum → Crotalinae, Didelphin, Didelphini, In, Many, New World, Opossums, Similar, Some, The, This
related to Behavior · 9
Opossum → As, In, Opossums, Some, The, These, This, Though, When
related to Range and habitat · 8
Opossum → Canada, Central, Central America, North, Opossums, South America, The Virginia, United States
related to Characteristics · 7
Opossum → By, Didelphimorphs, Like, Most, New World, The, They
related to External links · 6
Opossum → Museum, New Zealand Te Papa, Opossums, Possums, TongarewaView, UCSC Genome Browser

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opossums et al reig genus northern 1952 thylophorops marshall hesperocynus sparassocynus species didelphis ameghino goin gray 2009 virginia like mouse

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Opossumis aonly species found in the United States and Canada0.90text
kangaroos.Didelphimorphia comes from Ancient Greek διinstance ofwhich are more closely related to other Australian marsupials0.80text
paucituberculatansinstance ofthe ecological niches presently occupied by opossums were occupied by other groups of metatherians0.80text
sparassodontsinstance ofthe ecological niches presently occupied by opossums were occupied by other groups of metatherians0.80text
mongoosesinstance ofSimilar adaptations are seen in other small predatory mammals0.80text
hedgehogsinstance ofSimilar adaptations are seen in other small predatory mammals0.80text
Opossumrelated to BehaviorOpossums0.60section
Opossumrelated to BehaviorSome0.60section
Opossumrelated to BehaviorThough0.60section
Opossumrelated to BehaviorAs0.60section
Opossumrelated to BehaviorThese0.60section
Opossumrelated to BehaviorWhen0.60section

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