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Opossum

Commonly known as possums, these pests are the only marsupial native to the United States. Light gray in color, opossums have five toes on each foot and a tail with no fur. They can grow to 33 inches long and a foot tall. Opossums like to eat garbage, fruit, vegetables, green plants, insects, snakes and small mammals and take up residence in hollow logs, rock crevices, pipes, attics, and beneath buildings.
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