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saliva2002 Member Joined: Nov 2007 USA Posts: 170 Feedback: 100% (6)	Posted: 3/25/2012 1:39:32 AM THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT was in mexico, and even the locals didn't know what it was called. They called it a mexican possum, but couldn't find anything like that. Even giant (gambian) pouched rats kinda looks close, but the face structure looks nothing alike.... any idea?
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gunut Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2002 TX, USA Posts: 1549 Feedback: 100% (53) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/25/2012 1:42:38 AM oh, thats a possum
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Posted: 3/25/2012 1:59:59 AM

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Depending on where you are dinner or dessert.

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Posted: 3/25/2012 2:16:58 AM

Trichosurus arfcommi.

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Posted: 3/25/2012 2:33:51 AM

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xachary82 Member Joined: Jan 2012 USA Posts: 1030 Feedback: 100% (2) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/25/2012 4:16:04 AM OPOSSUM
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Posted: 3/25/2012 4:50:21 AM

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Dead...

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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:03:30 AM

Clearly that's a chupacabra, close relative to the possum

We'll have to call it early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5000 species of mammal on the same boat.

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Posted: 3/25/2012 5:17:08 AM

Marmosa mexicana (Mexican mouse opossum)

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m193 Member Joined: Apr 2002 GA, USA Posts: 7549 Feedback: 100% (61) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/25/2012 7:45:32 AM If you could photoshop it on it's side in the middle of the road I could be sure, but it looks like a possum.
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ColonelPanic Member Joined: Mar 2010 USA Posts: 908 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/25/2012 7:57:16 AM I don't believe it is a Mexican Possum (reference picture for what one of these looks like).
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Posted: 3/25/2012 8:13:49 AM

Coati

many S, Americans I ran into 30 years ago in El Salvador, usually called it dinner..

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Posted: 3/26/2012 9:03:10 PM

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Pacodutaco Got Taco? Team Member Joined: Oct 2001 VA, USA Posts: 3910 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/26/2012 9:13:57 PM opossum for sure but I don't know what exact type it is...
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Posted: 3/26/2012 9:29:28 PM

Coati Tuesday

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Posted: 3/27/2012 3:54:15 PM

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Originally Posted By douglasmorris99:
Coati

many S, Americans I ran into 30 years ago in El Salvador, usually called it dinner..

tail and ears are wrong for a coati

ETA - Coati Possum Hybrid?

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ma1775 Member Joined: Apr 2008 TX, USA Posts: 1154 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/27/2012 7:32:21 PM Originally Posted By JoshAston: Clearly that's a chupacabra, close relative to the possum see everything is cute when it is a baby
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Posted: 3/27/2012 7:47:27 PM

Originally Posted By TailHunter:

Originally Posted By douglasmorris99:
Coati

many S, Americans I ran into 30 years ago in El Salvador, usually called it dinner..

tail and ears are wrong for a coati

ETA - Coati Possum Hybrid?

Coati wit da gleet/mange/AIDS

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Posted: 3/28/2012 11:43:45 AM

It's a Grey four eyed opossum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philander_opossum

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Posted: 3/28/2012 5:43:59 PM

Originally Posted By FancyRenegade:
It's a Grey four eyed opossum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philander_opossum

and there we have it ...

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Posted: 3/28/2012 10:58:00 PM

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Taylordrone Member Joined: Jan 2007 TX, USA Posts: 100 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 3/28/2012 11:02:42 PM Long tailed Mexican possum.....shit people this isnt hard
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