The possum is not rabid. It is not a mammal. Fish and kangaroos don’t carry rabies, either.
Not a mammal?????
Marsupial mammal
They ARE mammals. Marsupials are mammals, but not all mammals are marsupials.
You are correct, however, that possums rarely if ever carry rabies.
http://opossumsocietyus.org/faq-opossum/
I’m always learning new stuff here. I was bit by one a few years ago...and went through an entire routine of killing it and having animal control pick it up and take to the local university for rabies testing. Nobody in the process ever told me it was darned near impossible for an opposum to be rabid - which would have caused me alot less worry while waiting for the test.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangeriformes