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Title: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: Dorothy_Mantooth on Mar 05, 2008, 01:32 AM
okay so this little guy rolled up on my aunt and uncle's porch in san antonio. he stayed huddled in the corner and was really hungry and sad looking. what the hell IS this creature? To me, he looks like a cross between a 'possum and a raccoon... But could that be possible? verdict.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1188/1281290519_cedf4ec897_o.jpg)

it's a bit heartbreaking, now that i look at it.
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Mar 05, 2008, 03:32 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacomistle
???


wikipedia has a good resource that points toward similar animals--bout to see what I can find for your possum...
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: aMD on Mar 05, 2008, 08:08 AM
Quotehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacomistle
???


wikipedia has a good resource that points toward similar animals--bout to see what I can find for your possum...

that article said that the cacomistle's habitat stretches from southern mexico to panama, so that can't be it.  I don't know what it is but it looks frightened and out of place.  did you call animal control or try to feed it or anything?
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: thatswhatshesaid on Mar 05, 2008, 10:37 AM
it kind of looks like a fox.
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: dragonboy on Mar 05, 2008, 10:40 AM
Quoteit kind of looks like a fox.
You're kidding, right?!!
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: TheBigChicken on Mar 05, 2008, 11:06 AM
chupacabra ;D
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: Taterbug on Mar 05, 2008, 11:12 AM
It looks like the bastard child of a raccoon and a possum.
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: thatswhatshesaid on Mar 05, 2008, 11:41 AM
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Quoteit kind of looks like a fox.
You're kidding, right?!!
umm......no.  hence "kind of."
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: Drunkre on Mar 05, 2008, 11:45 AM
is it a muskrat?
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: vespachick on Mar 05, 2008, 11:52 AM
Ringtail?  I think Tom is right, just a different name but with a broader habitat described here.
http://www.thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Carnivora/Procyonidae/Bassariscus/Bassariscus-astutus.html
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Mar 05, 2008, 12:42 PM
problem is, the proportions are all off for the ringtail. didn't see the southern part of the "southern mexico" sort of messes that up...

i honestly don't know. where's Rats when you need him...?
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: pawpaw on Mar 05, 2008, 01:14 PM
Yeah, I think it's a ringtail. It looks frightened and ornery too...those little eyes look like their scheming on how to jack whoever took the picture to get some food.
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: aMD on Mar 05, 2008, 03:02 PM
Quoteproblem is, the proportions are all off for the ringtail. didn't see the southern part of the "southern mexico" sort of messes that up...

i honestly don't know. where's Rats when you need him...?

I miss Rats!

:'(
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: bowl of soup on Mar 05, 2008, 05:11 PM
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Quoteproblem is, the proportions are all off for the ringtail. didn't see the southern part of the "southern mexico" sort of messes that up...

i honestly don't know. where's Rats when you need him...?

I miss Rats!

:'(

I second that emotion.  We both had deep man crushes on Greg Dulli and nobody else understands.
Title: Re: Someone help me identify this animal
Post by: kyjed48 on Mar 05, 2008, 05:18 PM
Quotechupacabra ;D

You win the cookie!  :)
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