2.  Looks soft  Bushy tail  About size of cat  Beautiful coat comes in silver-gray, black, or reddish- brown

3.  Possum lives in hollow logs and trees  Possum lives in bush land areas  Looks very dry

4. Omnivore: eats plants, insects, leaves, flowers, eats meat Main enemies: fox, cat, bird, tasmanian devil, dogs, dingo, snakes

5.  Female possum gives birth between 2 and 4 weeks  Typically only one possum baby survives and emerges from pouch after 6 or 7 weeks

6.  Nocturnal animal  Possum medium-sized marsupial  But 2 marsupials not closely related

7.  http://a-z-animals.com/animals/  Kangaroo and Other Marsupials by Scott Fetzer