The mystery creature is a marsupial.
It is a New World species– an opossum.
Opossums live in the Americas.
Possums live in Australia.
This particular species is native to Central and South America.
And it’s fairly unique.
The name I prefer to use for it is yapok.
But it is also called the water opossum.
It has webbed hind feed and a long tail that assists in swimming.
And its forelegs are used as feelers to catch fish and crustaceans.
Once there was a wonderful video on youtube of a yapok swimming, but this clip has been taken down.
It is sad, because that was a really informative video.
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