The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial mammal in North America. It is a nocturnal animal with a pointed snout, gray fur, and a long hairless tail that plays dead when threatened.
The Virginia opossum differs from other animals with its pouch for joeys and the ability to play dead. It is useful because it eats harmful insects and carrion, cleaning nature.
meadows, prairies, forb glades on land
Worker
Tail size
birth time
vertebrates
breeding
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
m
Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
g
t
When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
adult
Maturity
bird eggs
Coconut
plants
invertebrates
insects
About health
milk
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
nest built on land near a river, lake, pond or swamp
carrion
Repro interval
results
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
scavenging, eat already dead animals
Gremllins
mo
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
in fresh water
den
Upcoming birthdays
Winter with snow
eggs, roe or offspring develop in a nest built on the ground or close to it
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
nest on the ground
rains almost always, very humid
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Warm summer and frequent rains
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
animals with backbone
Business sausages
fruits
Lifespan average
nest located directly on the ground surface on land, only the mother provides parental care for the offspring
in a terrestrial nest
summer warm, rains frequent
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
in the pouch or mouth
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
small mammals
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
searches for food at night using good sense of smell and vision
end of acceleration
Share
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Pouch count
from 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms, 0.5 – 1 meter
Pets
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
Nearctic realm
Lots of rain and cool summer
Embryo body size
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
paw
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
mouth
turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
terrestrial herbaceous
fruits
Tail color
olfaction
Flooded grasslands
drink mother's milk in childhood
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
with mother
Where are they found?
Describes food handling or digging performed with the forelimbs.
lots of rain, cool summer, snow in winter
night vision
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
caring mother
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
if born as {name}
Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
omnivore
age
birth date
small mammals — mice, shrews, bats
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
nocturnal
The basics
herbivory, feed only on plant food
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
after transformation until death
Potential Habitat
Very hot summer
d
In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
small mammals
land
vision
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
Nearctic realm
grass
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
branches
On the map
fry develop in the pouch or mouth of a parent on land
Pleasant summer
Female ♀
all life stages
Body color
nest located directly on the ground surface on land
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
warm temperate humid
birth year
Shelter used specifically for reproduction or nesting.
Maturity
bird eggs
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
protection from sun
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
caring mother
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
much snow in winter, cold
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
water often floods the land, lots of grass
Temperate mixed forest
Duration
live insects
This is me
Foraging activity occurs primarily during nighttime hours.
Always very wet
Gamers
the mother carries the baby in a pouch or mouth on land
Teeth count
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Asexual
nest near fresh water, only the mother shows parental care for the offspring
swap
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
foraging
Hermaphrodite ⚥
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
Primarily detects and locates food using eyesight.
embryo
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
arboreal
Observations
◉{N} more on tap