Virginia opossum (English Wikipedia)

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Ashwell, K.w.s. (April 2008). "Encephalization of Australian and New Guinean Marsupials". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 71 (3): 181–199. doi:10.1159/000114406. ISSN 0006-8977. PMID 18230970. S2CID 7544968.
Hennessy, C.; Hild, K. (September 2021). "Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12 (5): 101780. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101780. PMID 34298355. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
Hennessy, Cecilia; Hild, Kaitlyn (15 July 2021). "Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12 (5): 101780. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101780. PMID 34298355. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
Sharon A. Jansa; Robert S. Voss (2011). "Adaptive evolution of the venom-targeted vWF protein in opossums that eat pitvipers". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20997. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620997J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020997. PMC 3120824. PMID 21731638.
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Wright (2012). "Influences of an Urban Environment on Home Range and Body Mass of Virginia Opossums (Didelphis virginiana)". Northeastern Naturalist. 19 (1): 77–86. doi:10.1656/045.019.0106. JSTOR 41429417. S2CID 86663111.

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Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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Virginia Opossum. Didelphis virginiana Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Great Plains Nature Center. accessed Oct. 15, 2007

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Walsh, L. L.; Tucker, P. K. (2017). "Contemporary range expansion of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) impacted by humans and snow cover". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96 (2): 107–115. doi:10.1139/cjz-2017-0071. hdl:1807/81311.

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Sharon A. Jansa; Robert S. Voss (2011). "Adaptive evolution of the venom-targeted vWF protein in opossums that eat pitvipers". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20997. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620997J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020997. PMC 3120824. PMID 21731638.

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Martan, Jan. "The genital tract of the male opossum Didelphis marsupialis virginiana and other marsupials." Trans. I 11 (1983): 3-28.

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Wildlife Directory: Virginia Opossum — Living with Wildlife — University of Illinois Extension Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. Web.extension.illinois.edu. Retrieved on 2011-09-15.

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John J. McManus (July 1970), "Behavior of Captive Opossums, Didelphis marsupialis virginiana", American Midland Naturalist, 84 (1): 144–169, doi:10.2307/2423733, JSTOR 2423733
Langworthy, Orthello R. (1932). "The Panniculus Carnosus and Pouch Musculature of the Opossum, a Marsupial". Journal of Mammalogy. 13 (3): 241–251. doi:10.2307/1373999. JSTOR 1373999.
Wright (2012). "Influences of an Urban Environment on Home Range and Body Mass of Virginia Opossums (Didelphis virginiana)". Northeastern Naturalist. 19 (1): 77–86. doi:10.1656/045.019.0106. JSTOR 41429417. S2CID 86663111.

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"Virginia Opossum". Mass Audubon. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011. Opossums are frequently encountered as corpses along highways. Some biologists believe that many die as they feed on road-killed animals – a favorite food. Others believe that the opossums' small brain (5 times smaller than that of a raccoon[sic - erroneous logic]) suggests that they may just be too dumb to get out of the way of vehicles!

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"Possum vs. Opossum: Is There a Difference?". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2023-11-12. Textbooks, encyclopedias, and science publications favor opossum, but when it comes to general speech and writing, possum is and has been the far more common choice.

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Ashwell, K.w.s. (April 2008). "Encephalization of Australian and New Guinean Marsupials". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 71 (3): 181–199. doi:10.1159/000114406. ISSN 0006-8977. PMID 18230970. S2CID 7544968.
Hennessy, C.; Hild, K. (September 2021). "Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12 (5): 101780. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101780. PMID 34298355. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
Hennessy, Cecilia; Hild, Kaitlyn (15 July 2021). "Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12 (5): 101780. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101780. PMID 34298355. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
Sharon A. Jansa; Robert S. Voss (2011). "Adaptive evolution of the venom-targeted vWF protein in opossums that eat pitvipers". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20997. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620997J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020997. PMC 3120824. PMID 21731638.

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Sharon A. Jansa; Robert S. Voss (2011). "Adaptive evolution of the venom-targeted vWF protein in opossums that eat pitvipers". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20997. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620997J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020997. PMC 3120824. PMID 21731638.

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Hennessy, C.; Hild, K. (September 2021). "Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12 (5): 101780. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101780. PMID 34298355. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

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