This critter is largely immune to rabies and snake venom due to its unusually low body temperature.
This critter has limited grasping ability due to an opposable toe on the back feet. This critter is largely immune to rabies and snake venom due to its unusually low body temperature. This critter has a semi-prehensile tail, and younger individuals may even be capable of (*) hanging from trees. In the United States, the most common species of this critter is the Virginia, and this critter's name comes from an Algonquin word meaning "white animal". These critters form the largest order of marsupials in the Americas. For ten points, name this mid-sized varmint famous for playing dead.
This critter has limited grasping ability due to an opposable toe on the back feet.
{Opossum} or {Possum} [accept: {Didelphimorphia}]