Assertion: opossum | /r/UsedFor | refer to the virginia opossum
Facets:
value: typically
type: DEGREE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: They all say that a possum is a cute fuzzy marsupial in Australia (they’re referring to the Common Brushtail Possum, Trichosurus vulpecula) and that an opossum is a scary horrible-looking marsupial in North America (referring to the Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana).
text: Opossums, sometimes referred to as North American or Virginia Opossums, eat countless types of undesirable insects such as cockroaches, water bugs, ticks and garden-destructive beetles and slugs.
text: Opossum typically refers to the Virginia opossum and its cousins in the genus Didelphis, all of which live in North and South America.