What animal was this?

[10shotgroup]

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...nk&t=1&usg=AFrqEzdaTU0FKJJkYylS12cMlouzAs25yw

 

[dangerousdon]

I'm going to with a dwarf black bear. Yeah, I know it doesn't make sense, but that's what I am sticking to.

 

[BobKaro]

It's probably a black fox squirrel.

 

[sandman7925]

it's a crackalackin

 

[Tim67]

ringtail: definitely not.

black squirrel: could be. Are they much bigger than fox squirrels? I thought they were just a color variation of the gray squirrel?

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A black squirrel is a color variation of fox squirrel. Fox squirrels can get pretty big, routinely twice as big as grays.

 

[Tim67]

...What is a ringtail?

Coati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coati

 

[SpencerSS]

200yds is a long way to be judging size, esspecially a small animal; and black animals are the hardest to judge. Chances are it was a black squirrel.

 

[LACamper]

It is halloween weekend. Maybe it was a costume?

 

[barbarossa]

200yds is a long way to be judging size, esspecially a small animal; and black animals are the hardest to judge. Chances are it was a black squirrel.

I was watching the area for a while and also saw a couple of raccoons in the same spot 10 minutes earlier, so I had something to go by as far as judging size was concerned.

But, I agree. Most likely it was a really big black squirrel. Nothing else fits.

Thanks for all the help, guys!


barbarossa

 

[shoalsfugro]

in the basin people release all types of exotic pets no telling what you may see crossbreed

 

[kd5hlx]

Near a body of water, could also have been an otter .

 

[Yrdawg]

Near a body of water, could also have been an otter .

Yep...good possibility, otter or beaver...otter getting really plentiful here in SW

 

[smith625]

Otter?

 

[barbarossa]

Near a body of water, could also have been an otter .

Yep...good possibility, otter

Otter?

I'm guessing y'all didn't like the part where I said it had a long, bushy tail?

 

[10shotgroup]

Minks have bushy tails. Just saying. Google mink images. I've seen lots running the banks od bayou pejion.

 

[Gus McCrae]

Ole Miss's new mascot?

 

[Big D]

Bump

It's probably a black fox squirrel.
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