Trappers also take some. Many opossums are killed by vehicles while feeding on other highway-killed animals. The opossum is common in wooded areas throughout Pennsylvania. On a continental scale, it ranges from southeastern Canada south through New England to Florida, west to Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas, and south to middle America. It has been introduced in several western states.
Opossums are unspecialized animals that can utilize a variety of foods and habitats.
The species has expanded its range north and west during the past century. Their population is stable. Habitat Opossums are at home in farmland and woodlots, reverting fields, brushy woods, open woods, in dry or wet terrain and at varying elevations. They inhabit suburbs and the edges of towns where food and cover are available. Ideal habitat is bottomland woods surrounding streams.