FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the difference between Possums and Opossumswww.bobvila.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkTIL the difference between Possums and Opossumswww.bobvila.comFenrirIII@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThey 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.