Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 442
beyond easydistance from her shaggy coat. Unfortunately -for the Virginia Opossum,whose range in this VIRGINIA OPOSSUM. . . ., country is almost lden- (Dudetthys vir-gin-i-an■«.) ^ ^^ ^ Qf ^ persimmon and the plantation negro, the tooth-some quality of his flesh has made the negroits most deadly… … VIRGINIA OPOSSUMS. traps of many kinds for the capture of thismuch-coveted animal. There are seven specimens of opossums foundin tropical North America, but only one species,the Virginia Opossum, inhabits the UnitedStates. It is at home throughout all the South-ern States, and from New Jersey…
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