Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus, the White-bellied Slender Opossum.
It was discovered in 2004, and most closely resembles M. adusta.
T. pallidor is very similar.
Federal and state animal permits are obtained in advance, and the opossum is released afterwards.
The other main characters are the ' varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, Pig Newton, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy.
Florida also has many species of armadillo, opossum, foxes and birds like the American Eagle and Osprey, but are also being forced from their natural environments and into more urban areas, contributing to high percentages of roadkill.
The Suffolk County, New York, Board of Health made an inspection, ordering them to clean up the property, which was falling into disrepair and contained various cats, raccoons, an opossum, et cetera.
A spoof of the Batman comics (not unlike Darkwing Duck, only more extreme in its spoofing) with Pith Possum (voiced by Jeff Bennett) and his sidekick Obediah the Wonder Raccoon (voiced by Patric Zimmerman) fighting crime in Possum City when called by Commissioner Stress the Gorilla (voiced by Brad Garrett).
This quoll was first described in 1792 by Robert Kerr, the Scottish writer and naturalist, who placed it in the genus Didelphis, which includes several species of American opossum.
Tschudi's Slender Opossum, Marmosops impavidus, is an opossum species from South America, named after Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi.
The Latin species name refers to the habitat in which the opossum was first found, a Tyleria forest.