Wildlife–vehicle collision
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A wildlife–vehicle collision is a traffic collision with an animal; if the animal dies, its corpse is referred to as roadkill. Wildlife-vehicle collisions have increasingly been the topic of academic
Roadkilled black bear in Kluane National Park and Reserve
Roadkilled white-tailed deer on South Carolina Highway 170
Roadkilled caracal in Afedena (exclosure), Ethiopia
Deer that feed in close vicinity to a road are at risk of being killed in a road accident
Virginia opossum
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The Virginia opossum, also known as the North American opossum, is a member of the opossum family found from southern Canada to northern Costa Rica, making it the northernmost marsupial in the world.
Wildlife–vehicle collision
…following animals are being killed by motor vehicles in the United States annually: 41 million squirrels, 26 million cats, 22 million rats, 19 million Virginia opossums, 15 million raccoons, 6 million dogs, and 350,000 deer. This study may not have considered differences in observability between taxa (e.g. dead raccoons…
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Skull of a Virginia opossum
The back foot has an opposable "thumb".
Opossum tracks (photo center) in mud: Left-fore print appears on left center of photo, right-hind print appears right center. The small, circular tracks at bottom center of photo were made by a meadow vole. The yellow ruler (top) is in inches.