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Robert Voss discusses his book on opossums and their adaptive radiation.

Author and Curator for the Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, Robert Voss, joins the program to discuss his book, Opossums: An Adaptive Radiation of New World Marsupials.

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Host: Claire Wiley

Guest: Robert Voss

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Organizations: American Museum of Natural History

Books & works: Opossums: An Adaptive Radiation of New World Marsupials

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