61. Opossums The Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Site Contents. opossums by Andrea Johnson, The first opossums in Oregon arrived as pets around 1910. http://www.chintiminiwildlife.org/LivingWithWild/WildNatHist/Opossum.htm

The Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Site Contents Opossums by Andrea Johnson Living with Wildlife Wildlife Natural History Profiles Eagles Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Beaks and Talons Hawks Red-tailed Hawk Harris' Hawk Mammals Gray Fox Western Gray Squirrel Cottontail / Brush Bunnies Cougar / Mountain Lion ... Porcupine Opossums Weasels Owls Barred Owl Great Horned Owl Saw Whet Owl Screech Owl ... How owls see and hear Water Birds Great Blue Heron Green Heron Common Murre Pied Billed Grebe ... Grebes and Loons need water to take off Vultures Turkey Vulture Falcons Kestrel Falcon Peregrine Falcon Opossums ( Didelphis virginiana ) are the only marsupials native to the United States and the Virginia opossum is the only opossum found in Oregon. Named for the state where the first specimen was described, Virginia opossums are native to the eastern and southern regions of the United States. The first opossums in Oregon arrived as pets around 1910. Some of these pet opossums escaped or were released, establishing permanent populations in Oregon. The opossum has unique characteristics that make it an interesting animal to study and rehabilitate. The Virginia opossum is a cat-sized mammal (25-40 inches long, 8-13 pounds). It has short black and white underfur covered by white, coarse guard hair. The coloring is white around the face and mottled white and black around the body and legs. The ears and part of the tail are mostly hairless and black. The opossum is a good climber, having five toes on each foot including thumbs and big toes which are opposable and allow grasping of branches.

62. Untitled Document Urban opossums, Living with Wildlife. The only marsupial in North America, opossums are similar to raccoons in that they are omnivorous and opportunistic. http://www.chintiminiwildlife.org/LivingWithWild/UrbOp.htm

The Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Site Contents Urban Opossums Living with Wildlife Wildlife and Roads Birds and Windows Birdfeeders ... Predator Mammals Opossums Skunks Herons Rats and Mice Squirrels ... Exotic Wildlife Zoonotics The only marsupial in North America, opossums are similar to raccoons in that they are omnivorous and opportunistic. Attracted by the same situations that attract raccoons, opossums can be easily deterred through habitat modification. Just like with raccoons, removing food and shelter will keep opossums from becoming a problem. Site Contents Help Hotline Membership Gifts ... What's New Chintimini Wildlife Rehabilitation Center contact webmaster with questions, comments

63. Opossums opossums are very necessary animals to our environment. They later carry their juvenile opossums on their backs wherever they go. http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/wmc/opossums.htm

Females have litters of up to 20. Babies' eyes open in 58-72 days, they wean at 13-15 weeks and their body temperature is 90-99 degrees. Opossums are very necessary animals to our environment. They are scavengers and help keep the earth clean. Opossums are marsupials .they do not have placentas but develop their young in a pouch like a kangaroo or Tasmanian devil! They later carry their juvenile opossums on their backs wherever they go. Opossums are the only marsupials in North America. Always check a dead opossum for babies. Just because the mother is dead doesn’t mean the babies are! But they will be if you don’t check. If there are babies in the pouch, try to pull the babies off the mother, if you can’t, transport the mother and babies to the nearest rehabilitator. If baby opossums are at least 10-12 inches long, they are able to be on their own unless you see that they are sick or injured. Treat an opossum like a raccoon when it comes to one being a pest. Home Up Send mail to Frank Lee with questions or comments about this web site.

64. Baby Opossums Baby opossums. Taken from the pouches of their dead mothers. The single most important ingredient to raising healthy opossums is DIET. http://www.scwildliferehab.com/opossums.htm

To offset the cost of caring for our wildlife, we have added an online gift shop. All of the items are handmade and 100% natural. New items will be added as they become available. Home About Dr. Dede Wildlife Photos Wildlife as pets ... Baby Sea Otter Baby Opossums Baby Raccoon Seagull release Gopher Tortoise Wood Stork ... Pileated Woodpecker Baby Opossums Taken from the pouches of their dead mothers. Many manage to survive being hit by cars or having their mothers killed by dogs. These were eventually released back into the wild. The single most important ingredient to raising healthy opossums is DIET. Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformation out there. There are websites telling people that if they feed opossums cat food, it will kill them. Totally absurd!! Think about it. They eat carrion . Simple common sense should tell anyone that they need a balanced diet, and that is canned cat food, or dry cat food, moistened. If they do not get the proper diet, then they will most certainly get Metabolic Bone Disease and will eventually die or have to be euthanized. Want a second opinion? Contact your nearest zoological park and they will tell you the same thing.

65. NSiS: Florida Wildlife - Opossums opossums. The pawpaws. opossums have two litters each year, breeding from December through midsummer. The gestation period is only 13 days. http://www.nsis.org/wildlife/mamm/opossum.html

Opossums The Virginia opossum is the only opossum ( Didelphidae ) and the only marsupial in North America. Female marsupials have an external abdominal pouch. The Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana , is found in areas with trees, including large cities, throughout Florida. Color varies widely from almost white to almost black, though most commonly it is gray. It has a long (11-14"), hairless, prehensile tail. It has a pointed pink nose, prominent whiskers, and small, black, hairless ears with white tips. It has opposable thumbs on its hind feet. Overall body length is 27-33". The opossum has a slow, ambling gait, yet is an excellent climber. It forages both on the ground and in the trees, primarily at night. It is omnivorous and opportunistic, eating frogs, mice, rattlesnakes (it's immune to pit viper venom), fish, worms, insects, eggs, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Food plants include cedars persimmons grapes mulberries ... tupelos , and pawpaws Opossums have two litters each year, breeding from December through midsummer. The gestation period is only 13 days. A litter of 18-25 is born but because there are only 13 teats in the pouch, no more than 13 can survive. The actual number leaving the pouch at 70-80 days old is usually 6 or 7. Once the young do leave the pouch, they hang onto the mother's back or tail. They move on when they are about 4 months old. The opossum is shy and solitary. When threatened it will often hiss or growl, but will rarely attack. It may "play possum", going limp and appearing to be dead.

66. Entrez PubMed Typhus and typhuslike rickettsiae associated with opossums and their fleas in Los Angeles County, California. Williams SG, Sacci http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1

67. TS Wildlife Control - Oposums opossums are slow, nonaggressive foragers. opossums climb well and may enter basements or take up residence under a deck or porch. http://www.tswildlife.com/opossums.html

About Us Bats Beavers Birds ... Snakes Opossum Didelphis virginiana These underappreciated mammals are the only marsupials found in the United States. They are nocturnal (active at night) and are very common within Baltimore City's limits, as well as its suburbs. Opossums are slow, non-aggressive foragers. They are omnivorous, feeding on berries, worms, insects, bird eggs and human leftovers. Females carry their young in a pouch until they are too large to fit inside. At this age, the young ride on their mother's back, clinging to her fur. Opossums climb well and may enter basements or take up residence under a deck or porch. When opossums reside in a crawlspace or basements they can be quite messy. Accumulated feces and fleas can present a hazard to humans or pets. They are not aggressive and usually freeze when frightened giving them the appearance of being dead and leading to the old saying, "playing oposuum." Back to Top

68. Gardener's Supply Company: Opossums opossums. Let s face it, opossums aren t pretty and they have up to 50 needlelike teeth. opossums are agile and smart, so build your fence well. http://www.gardeners.com/gardening/content.asp?copy_id=5459

69. Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana) Species Account Mammals, , opossums. Opossum Didelphis virginiana Kerr. Kingdom Phylum Class Order Didelphimorphia. Didelphidae. Animals. Vertebrates. Mammals. opossums. opossums. http://www.smokies-atbi.org/atbi/species/animals/Mammals/Didelphis_virginiana.ht

All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mammals Opossums Opossum Didelphis virginiana Kerr Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Animalia Chordata Mammalia Didelphimorphia Didelphidae Animals Vertebrates Mammals Opossums Opossums Photograph by Roger Barbour Photo: [ Opossum (18 kb) SPECIES DESCRIPTION - Adult Total Length: 600-875 mm (24-35 in.) - Tail: 275-350 mm (11-14 in.) - Hind Foot: - Weight: 1.3-3.6 kg (3-8 lb.) - Physical Characteristics: The dorsal pelage consists of long, coarse, grayish-white fur. The muzzle is sharp and slender, the nose is pink, and the eyes are black. The large ears are thin, leathery, and naked, and are bluish-black to black with some individuals having a pinkish or whitish ear margin. The prehensile tail is long, scaly, and sparsely haired. The proximal portion of the tail is black, with the remainder being yellowish-white to pink. Each hind foot has four claw-bearing toes, and a thumb-like, clawless, opposable "big toe." Opossums possess 50 teeth - more than any other mammal in the park. - Skull Drawings: left lateral view of skull and mandible (17 kb) dorsal view of skull (14 kb) ... (16 kb) DISTRIBUTION Opossums range from Costa Rica, north through Mexico and the central and eastern half of the United States, to southeastern Canada.

70. MARSUPIALIA; DIDELPHIDAE: American Opossums MARSUPIALIA; Family DIDELPHIDAE American opossums. The Argentina. opossums also occur on some of the islands in the Lesser Antilles. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/marsupialia/marsupia

MARSUPIALIA Family DIDELPHIDAE American Opossums The vernacular name opossum generally applies to members of this family, which now is found only in the New World. The term possum is used mainly for members of certain marsupial in the Australasian region. The family Didelphidae, containing 11 Recent genera and 77 species, is found naturally from southeastern Canada through the eastern United States and Mexico and into South America to about 47 degrees S in Argentina. Opossums also occur on some of the islands in the Lesser Antilles. Kirsch 1977c) proposed recognition of two living subfamilies: Didelphinae for most genera and Caluromyinae for Caluromys, Caluromysiops, and Glironia . The sequence of genera presented here follows that of Kirsch and Calaby The members of this family are small to medium in size. For Marmosa , which includes the smallest species, adult head and body length is about 85-185 mm and tail length is 90-250 mm. In Didelphis , the largest genus, adult head and body length is 325-500 mm and tail length is 255-535 mm. The tail is usually long, scaly, very scantily haired, and prehensile, but in some forms it is short and rather hairy. Some genera have long, projecting guard hairs in the pelage. The muzzle is elongate, and the ears have well-developed conches. The limbs are short, with the hind limbs slightly longer. All four feet have five separate digits. The great toe is large, clawless, and opposable. A distinct marsupial pouch is present in Didelphis, Chironectes

71. MARSUPIALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; CALUROMYS: Woolly Opossums Woolly opossums. These opossums can generally be distinguished by the striped face, woolly pelage, and characteristics of the tail. http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walkers_mammals_of_the_world/marsupialia/marsupia

MARSUPIALIA DIDELPHIDAE Genus CALUROMYS J. A. Allen, 1900 Woolly Opossums There are three species ( Cabrera Hall Kirsch and Calaby Massoia and Foerster C. derbianus , southern Mexico to Ecuador; C. lanatus , Colombia t northern Argentina and southern Brazil; C. philander , Venezuela to southern Brazil. Head and body length is 180-290 mm, tail length is 270-490 mm, and weight ( Bucher and Fritz 1977) is 200-500 grams. The pelage is long, fine, and woolly and extends along almost all of, or more than the basal half of, the tail. Some forms are pale gray or otherwise not well marked, but woolly opossums usually have an ornate color pattern, including the diagnostic dark median stripe on the face, which extends between the ears and the eyes almost to the nose. Some individuals show a pale stripe extending backward from the shoulder region. The ornate color pattern may also include indistinct dark patches around the eyes, a light creamy white to buffy white face, and a reddish and blackish body. These opossums can generally be distinguished by the striped face, woolly pelage, and characteristics of the tail. The prehensile tail of Caluromys is longer than the head and body; its terminal part is not haired and varies from cream-colored pinkish.

72. Dr. Stephen Baird And The Oppossums Of Truth Evolution! CD. In 2000, the opossums of Truth were officially formed. HELP. You are here The Beginning Dr. Baird and The opossums of Truth. http://www.scientificgospel.com/cgi-bin/drbaird/showpage.pl?page=bio

73. Virginia Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana) Federation Photo of Virginia opossum, description, breeding, signs, habitat, range, discussion The Opossum Society of the US Photos of opossums and general http://www.nenature.com/VirginiaOpossum.htm

Nature Journal with Photos Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana National Wildlife Federation Photo of Virginia opossum, description, breeding, signs, habitat, range, discussion The Opossum Society of the US Photos of opossums and general information including reproduction, life span, and diet Discover Life Photos of Virginia opossum, description, anatomical illustrations, taxonomy, geographic distribution and range map, Click to enlarge habitat, natural history Animal Diversity Web Photo, geographic range, physical characteristics, food habits, reproduction, behavior, habitat, and conservation information Georgia Wildlife Web Description, life cycle, natural history, range, conservation status, similar species Birds Butterflies Mammals Country Living ... Outdoor Gear

74. Opossums opossums opossums Quick Reference Sheet; What to do about Orphaned, Injured, and Sick Wildlife; Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife in an Urban Environment; opossums. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Opossums

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76. Natuurinformatie - Opossums home vorige volgende zoeken vragen colofon, printen versturen. Homepage opossums. opossums. opossums zijn insectenetende buideldieren (Marsupialia). http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/nnm.dossiers/natuurdatabase.nl/i000482.html

home vorige volgende zoeken ... Homepage Opossums Opossums Andere naam: Amerikaanse buidelratten Wetenschappelijke naam:  Didelphimorphia (orde binnen de Amerikaanse buideldieren, Ameridelphia Opossums zijn insectenetende buideldieren ( Marsupialia ). Ze hebben een spitse snuit met een groot aantal spitse tanden. Hun lange, meestal deels onbehaarde staart doet dienst als grijporgaan. De eerste achterteen kan tegenover de andere geplaatst worden. Opossums komen alleen voor in Amerika. Afstammingslijst van de Opossums Opossums  Eierleggende zoogdieren Vroege zoogdieren Late zoogdierreptielen Dikkopzoogdierreptielen ... Ontstaan van het leven

77. ExoticHobbyist's Forums - Possums & Opossums Apply Now! Monday, Wednesday, Friday 910 PM Eastern it s Exotic Mammal Chat! Possums opossums. Welcome to the Possums opossums Forum. Mouse opossums! http://forums.exotichobbyist.com/forum.php?catid=41

78. ExoticHobbyist's Forums - Opossums And Fleas... Help!!! Are you really sure you want a monkey? opossums and Fleas help!!! Next Message RE opossums and Fleas help!!! PHEve, Mon May 3 224528 2004. http://forums.exotichobbyist.com/view.php?id=4914,4914

79. Short Tailed Opossums SHORT TAILED opossums. Short tailed opossums (Monodelphis domestica) are small marsupials found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. http://www.members.shaw.ca/exoticpets/5A1.htm

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80. Opossums Protected By State Law opossums protected by state law. Thursday, May 15, 2003. By Michael A. Fuoco, PostGazette Staff Writer. Personnel at a Westmoreland http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_westmoreland/20030515possumwm3.asp

Pittsburgh, PA Friday June 11, 2004 News Sports Lifestyle Classifieds ... About Us Take me to... Search Local News Nation/World Sports Obituaries Lifestyle Business Opinion Photo Journal Weather Classifieds PG Store PG Delivery Web Extras Contact Us About Us Help Corrections Site Map Local News Neighborhoods City East ... Neighborhoods Opossums protected by state law Thursday, May 15, 2003 By Michael A. Fuoco, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Personnel at a Westmoreland County wildlife rehabilitation center plan to report to state game officials that an Arnold man beat an opossum to death with a shovel when it wandered into his yard on Mother's Day. Mel Schake, information and education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission's 10-county Southwest Region, said he hadn't yet heard about the Arnold incident but, speaking generally, said people need to realize that wildlife are protected by law. "Opossums are not the cutest, most attractive critters we have, but they are still protected under the game and wildlife code and you can't indiscriminately kill them," Schake said. "Generally, they are not aggressive animals, more inclined to run away, given the opportunity." Jill Nadzam, rehabilitation manager of the Pennsylvania Wildlife Center, said personnel learned of the incident Sunday when the dead opossum, with 10 opossum babies in its marsupial pouch, were brought to the Verona facility by a man who witnessed the attack and unsuccessfully begged his neighbor to stop.

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