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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Didelphimorphia — theopossums .
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Note: possum, opossum, any of a family (Didelphidae) of American marsupials that usually have a pointed snout and prehensile tail; especially: a common omnivorous largely nocturnal and arboreal mammal (Didelphis virginiana) of North America having grayish to blackish fur with white on the cheeks;
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I don't know if they share anything but plesiomorphies with Didelphidae.
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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As for whether peradectines are really opossums (as in, true members of Didelphidae), you are right that this classification is probably based on plesiomorphies.
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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Note: possum, opossum, any of a family (Didelphidae) of American marsupials that usually have a pointed snout and prehensile tail; especially: a common omnivorous largely nocturnal and arboreal mammal (Didelphis virginiana) of North America having grayish to blackish fur with white on the cheeks;
Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate Albert Collins 1980
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Visits Caluromys lanatus (Didelphidae) flowers Pseudobombax tomentosum (Bombacaceae). probable case pollination marsupials in Brazil
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