OPOSSUM AND YOUNG 



In some of the Opossums, especially the smaller species, the mother carries the young ones on her back with their tails twisted round 

 hers. Azara's Opossum may carry eleven and yet climb quickly. The habit may occur even when there is a pouch, but that structure is 

 generally absent in the Opossum family (Didelphyidae). The Opossums are also peculiar in being confined to North and South America. 



