North American marsupial (7)

I believe the answer is:

opossum

(Other definitions for opossum that I've seen before include "US marsupial" , "Thick-furred marsupial of the Americas" , "Native of America" , "American native" , "American and Australian marsupial, often with the first letter dropped" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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