Rolf Nussbaumer / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) juvenile drinking from wetland lake, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Konrad Wothe / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) female hissing from tree cavity, North America

LYNN M. STONE / Virginia opossum in tree USA

Steve Gettle / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), native to North America

Steve Gettle / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), Howell Nature Center, Michigan

Michael Durham / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) emerging from den at night, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida

Suzi Eszterhas / Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) orphaned babies age ten weeks, eating chopped grape. Their mother was hit by car. WildCare, San Rafael, California, USA, April.

Suzi Eszterhas / Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) orphans age ten weeks, their mother having been hit by a car, WildCare, San Rafael, California, USA, April 2013.

Suzi Eszterhas / Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) orphaned baby age ten weeks, clinging to foster mother's fingers. Their mother was hit by car. WildCare, San Rafael, California, USA, April. Model released.

Claudio Contreras / Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), Milpa Alta Forest, Mexico, June

Claudio Contreras / Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), Milpa Alta Forest, Mexico, July