Opossum

Size

Most are about the size of a large house cat, from 15 to 20 inches long. They generally weigh 10 to 13 pounds. This can vary, however, just as height and weight vary among humans.

Food

Their diet mainly consists of carrion and many individual opossums are killed on the highway when scavenging for roadkill. They are also known to eat insects, frogs, birds, snakes, small mammals, and earthworms. Some of their favorite foods are fruits, and they are known to eat apples and persimmons. Their broad diet allows them to take advantage of many sources of food provided by human habitation such as unsecured food waste (garbage) and pet food.

Habitation

They leave in forests, farmlands, grasslands, and urban and suburban areas, near water.  They stay in one area from six to twelve months and maintain a number of nesting sites.  They construct rough nests of leaves and grass.