Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Virginian Opossum

VIRGINIAN OPOSSUM, the Didelphys virginianum, the common opossum. It is about the size of a domestic cat; head long, large and pointed, ending in a naked snout. Hair long, soft, and woolly, whitish at the roots and brownish at the tips, giving the animal a dusky appearance.

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