All Orders, Species: Possum, Armadillo, and Horse

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Inner toe of hind foot opposable and without nail; marsupium in females; scrotum in males anterior to penis and anus as well as suspended from abdomen; incisors 5/4; molars 4/4

Order: Didelphimorphia

Family: Didelphidae

SN: Didelphis virginiana

CN: Virginia opossum

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Hard dermal plates cover much of body, head and tail; nearly hairless; teeth peg-like and uniform in appearance

Order: Cingulata

Family: Dasypodidae

SN: Dasypus novemcinctus

CN: nine-banded armadillo

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Forelimbs modified for flight; fingers elongated to support the flight membrane of wings.

Order: Chiroptera

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Hooves cloven; upper incisors absent (except in feral and domestic pigs, Sus scrofa, in which canines flare out the sides of the rostrum); no third trochanter on femur

Order: Artiodactyla

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Hooves not cloven; upper incisors present; canines do not flare out the sides of the rostrum; third trochanter present on femur

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Equidae

SN: Equus caballus

CN: horse

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Ears longer than tail; incisors 2/1, Il chisel-like, I2 peg-like and posterior to

I1 - lattice work on skull

Order: Lagomorpha

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Ears generally much shorter than tail; incisors 1/1 and chisel-like

Order: Rodentia

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Small size (total length less than 203 mm); ears and eyes small and inconspicuous; fleshy, mobile snout protrudes well beyond anterior edge of mouth; front 2 upper teeth enlarged followed by smaller teeth (unicuspids), presumably including the canine

Order: Soricomorpha

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Total length greater than 200 mm (except in Mustela nivalis); ears and eyes large and conspicuous; snout not fleshy, mobile, or protruding; relatively small front teeth (incisors, 3/3) are followed by conspicuously larger canine teeth

Order: Carnivora