Possums are found throughout much of Central and North America.Although their bodies are covered in hair,their tails and ears are hairless.They have many teeth and opposable clawless "thumbs" on their rear appendages.They produce poorly developed young that live in mom's pouch for about two and a half months before climbing on her back.Possums are

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The description of possums as having young that live in a pouch for a period of time before climbing onto their mother's back indicates that they are marsupials, which is the only group of mammals that give birth to underdeveloped young and nurse them in a pouch. The fact that they have hair, teeth, and opposable thumbs does not provide enough information to determine their taxonomic classification. They are not eutherians (placental mammals) or primates, and monotremes (egg-laying mammals) are not found in the Americas.

Possums Are Found Throughout Much of Central and North America