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This whimsical marsupial by Jacobo Angeles may have been inspired by the tlacuache, or possum in Oaxaca.
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Before complaining about your neighbor's cat and its nocturnal excursions across your roof tiles, consider the possibility that it might not be a cat at all, but a tlacuache, or opossum.
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Before complaining about your neighbor's cat and its nocturnal excursions across your roof tiles, consider the possibility that it might not be a cat at all, but a tlacuache, or opossum.
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The opossum (tlacuache) has spread more than 800 kilometers further north than its distribution at the time of the Conquest, well into the U.S.
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In southern Mexico there are several other tlacuaches, or marsupials, including the wooly opossum, a little-studied tree dweller; the tlacuache cuatro ojos, or 4-eyed opossum, which has no pouch for its young; and the big water opossum, first recognized about 50 years ago, similar in size to the common opossum but with webbed feet.
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In southern Mexico there are several other tlacuaches, or marsupials, including the wooly opossum, a little-studied tree dweller; the tlacuache cuatro ojos, or 4-eyed opossum, which has no pouch for its young; and the big water opossum, first recognized about 50 years ago, similar in size to the common opossum but with webbed feet.
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The opossum (tlacuache) has spread more than 800 kilometers further north than its distribution at the time of the Conquest, well into the U.S.
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Let's see -- the main course can be tlacuache ... mashed rutabagas and steamed verdolagas on the side -- and dessert, let's see -- chongos!
rutabagas 2004
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After chasing it into a bathroom and locking up the dog, I ran into the street and in less than 5 minutes, I found someone who knew someone who thought tlacuache spelled fine dining.
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Ahí viene el tlacuache cargando un tambache por todas las calles de la gran ciudad.
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