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Location: In The Snow, AZ | So let's play a game... hubby found this thing, already dead, presumably by the barn cats. It is approx 7 inches long. Obviously not a mouse so I assumed it was a rat as I have never seen one before. Lol. I've shown it to a few people and they're saying it's NOT a rat and possibly something either mutated or a cross breed of some sort? Wondering what y'all thought and hoping I never see one again.
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Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Science experiment?
Radiation?
Genetically modified?
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | With that tail my vote goes to the Bushy Tailed Woodrat |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44761-Neotoma-cinerea/browse_photos
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Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I dunno, he's pretty adorable in comparison...
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Looks like a pack rat that is decomposing.. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Looks like a pack rat or a muskrat to me. |
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 Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Rule out muskrat as they dont have a furry tail....what about a groundhog. ..do u guys have those...so after google i am gonna go with the above guess as well...bushy tailed wood rat...m
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Location: Texas | Looks like a groundhog in the beginning stages of decomposition. |
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Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | What do you guys think about a gopher? Our groundhogs/prairie dogs don't look anything like it.
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| ~BINGO~ - 2017-07-03 3:59 PM
What do you guys think about a gopher? Our groundhogs/prairie dogs don't look anything like it.
LOL, what we call a ground hog around here goes 15 to 20 pounds, but I am guessing you are referring to a prairie dog?
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | rodeoveteran - 2017-07-03 2:35 PM
~BINGO~ - 2017-07-03 3:59 PM
What do you guys think about a gopher? Our groundhogs/prairie dogs don't look anything like it.
LOL, what we call a ground hog around here goes 15 to 20 pounds, but I am guessing you are referring to a prairie dog?
A rat is a rat is a rat IMHO.
Lol, yes, ours are prarie dogs. But you're right, a rat is a rat! |
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Location: Sunnyland Florida | ~BINGO~ - 2017-07-03 12:02 PM I dunno, he's pretty adorable in comparison...
That looks like a rat/squirrel cross...... LOL
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Location: Montana | ~BINGO~ - 2017-07-03 9:45 AM So let's play a game... hubby found this thing, already dead, presumably by the barn cats. It is approx 7 inches long. Obviously not a mouse so I assumed it was a rat as I have never seen one before. Lol. I've shown it to a few people and they're saying it's NOT a rat and possibly something either mutated or a cross breed of some sort? Wondering what y'all thought and hoping I never see one again.
Not a gopher. I'd probably say rock chuck if I were to guess.  |
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Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | See thats what i thought as well..the fur looks really soft..but I thought couldn't be a chinny...lol...m |
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 Cotton Balls are the Devil
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Location: My own little world! | It's hard to tell for sure from it's current state, but I say pack rat. Some people call them a wood rat. I call them horrible. Because they are Horrible. They look sorta cute, with their big eyes, but it's a trick. They will destroy your vehicle trying to make a nest in the engine area. They smell, they pick my flowers and try a make a nest in all kinds of places they don't belong.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Southtxponygirl - 2017-07-03 10:14 AM Looks like a pack rat that is decomposing..
I agree. They are interesting creatures but very destructive. They take "pretties" and leave you junk.  |
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