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Wordless Wednesday – Virginia Opossum

Posted on December 24, 2014 at 10:00 AM by Lexi Ruskell

December Opossum in tree

December Opossum

Here are two different Virginia Opossums our Blufflands Program Manager, Brian Fankhauser came across and photographed while doing the annual site inspection of the Jester property in Winneshiek County. Virginia Opossums are the most common opossum species throughout the United States. 

Lexi

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