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• by rayfranchi

  Can anyone identify what this is? Seems to have no tail...

  Posted April 4, 2015 3:25 AM

• by DZM admin

  Good question. I will defer to the excellent scientists. 😃

  Posted April 4, 2015 4:21 AM

• by 33hummingbird

  Looks like a possum to me. I have seen many at my house with broken off tails. Don't know if they froze off, or was it an encounter with a coyote.

  Posted April 4, 2015 11:26 PM

• by mason_UWI scientist

  This is an opossum. In the northern part of their range (e.g. Chicago) opossum tend to get frostbite on their toes, ears, and tails over the winter. This little marsupial will generally only make it through one winter, but they tend to have better over-winter survival rates in urban areas than they do in the forest (more food, shelter, etc.).

  Posted April 6, 2015 4:02 PM