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Western Pygmy Possum, fully grown! (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: Possums and opossums are two different, entirely unrelated animals.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

True. They are both part of the marsupial infraclass.