In article <4anu4s$6rs at golem.wcc.govt.nz>, Rachel Priebee
<Priebee_R at wcc.govt.nz> wrote:
>ahaz at atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Stephen Bell) wrote:
>> > On a slightly divergent topic: is the possum they so diligently preserve
> > in Oz the same animal as we diligently try to exterminate here? Or is
> > theirs the Irish-American species (O'possum), which I gather is a
> > different animal?
>>> I always thought ours was the Australian opossum.
>>>>> Rachel
It is.