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VARIETIES OF THE VIRGINIA OPOSSUM 



The two Kriiy animals in the lower rij,'ht-lian(l coriuT (E and K) arc representatives of the 

 common Virginia ()i)ossum. C and I) are black (the black phase of I), virginiaua). There are 

 few or no white overhairs in such individuals and they ai)i)iar to be genetically distinct from the 

 gray. The two animals at the top arc albinos. Photos bv J. V. Scott and J. M. Kuehne. 

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