Virginia Opossum

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Barbados Sheep
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Virginia Opossum
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Ovis aries
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Camelus bactrianus
Blaberus giganteus
Didelphis virginiana
Cygna columbianus

Ginny

Common Name: Virginia Opossum
Genus Species: Didelphis virginiana

Ginny was brought to the Park in 2005 as a new-born Opossum whose mother had been killed by a car.

Ginny is now fully-grown. Opossums grows to be about 76 cms long, including its hairless tail. This is about the size of a normal house cat. The Opossum has a clawless opposable thumb on each hind foot for gripping. It uses it's tail for balance.

The Opossum is the only marsupial living in North America and are normally nocturnal.

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Ginny