A Virginia Opossum, At The WOrcester Ecotarium Stock Image

a grey opossum at the Worcester Ecotarium, kept inside a room sized glass aquarium. Opossums are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia endemic to the Americas. The virginia opossum also known as the north american opossum, is the only opossum living north of mexico. The marsupial mammal that has a pouch to carries its young. the young opossum must spend two years in their mother's pouch