Virginia opossum

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, March 2, 2021.

A through the Wonderful Wildlife Window image.
We don't usually see them in the day time but this one was cleaning up under the bird feeders. I didn't try to open the window or go outside as they are very shy and skittish.

Didelphis virginiana
The Opossum of North America is a different species than its Australian cousin, although, both are marsupials which means that they give birth to babies at a very early stage of development.
At birth, these little critters are about the size of a Kidney Bean!
The young then crawl to the mother's pouch and latch onto a nipple, where they stay and feed for about 2 months, until they emerge from the pouch to face the outside world.

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