Both animals can go into a type of hibernation when it becomes really cold. They will forage when it is warm enough for them to move about. Possums in this area will forage at all times of the day.

No one is likely to have coons or possums as large as they used to get because both are prey to dog and cat distemper but they do get as large as a medium size dog if they have good living conditions that allows them to grow old. I will check to see if I can find records on both but off the top of my head coons, 65 pounds, possums, 35.

The raccoons in my area gets fairly big, but not as big as a med size dog. The two individual I have seen were somewhere between a small dog (terrier size) and a medium size dog (65-70 lbs) or so. They are serious round in shape. They look like giant balls with legs and a tail. I don't know if this is because they are storing a lot of fat for the winter or if they are just obese. Previous to moving here, I rarely see them and they were a lot smaller.

The opossum I seen was a bit smaller than the 40 lbs pumpkin, so I am thinking it's probably more like 20 lbs or so (I am betting that it's a lot of fur). Most of the opossum I have seen were smaller and they only seemed to come out at night.