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are also called possums because of their resemblance to opossums, but they belong to a different order. The opossum is typically a nonaggressive animal and does not often transmit rabies.

Etymology

The word opossum is derived from the Powhatan language and was first recorded between 1607 and 1611 by John Smith (as opassom) and William Strachey (as aposoum). Possum

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