FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 天前TIL the difference between Possums and Opossumswww.bobvila.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 天前They absolutely are, in that the species from America got shortened from “opossum” to “possum” (with both versions still in use), and then the similar-looking Australasian animals were given the same abbreviated name.
They absolutely are, in that the species from America got shortened from “opossum” to “possum” (with both versions still in use), and then the similar-looking Australasian animals were given the same abbreviated name.