All rights reserved. Possums are furry marsupials that live in the trees of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. They are not closely related to opossums.
Possums move at night and sleep during the day.
They have handlike hind feet that help grasp tree branches. They eat mainly blossoms, fruits, insects, and sap. The animals have black, brown, gray, tan, or white fur. There are 40 species of possums. The brush-tailed possum, about 500mm long, lives in eastern Australian cities and raids fruit trees and garbage cans for food, being a pest to residents.