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Old 08-28-2003, 04:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Identify this Critter

Okay, so lurkette and I were taking a hike in the mountains on a recent trip, and as we were making our way up a trail that crosses the site of an old rockslide, this fuzzy little <i>something</i> came running past us. It perched on a rock and made a sort of dog-like "Rawp!" noise. Another of its kind Rawped from a rock above, and he took off like a shot, looking for its friend.

We figured it was half squirrel and half rabbit. We named it "Squabbit". Before long we were singing, "Kill the squabbit.. kill the SQUAbbbit!" as we tromped along the trail.

Showing these pictures (and making the "Rawp!" noise) to our family yielded no help in identifying said critter. They mumbled things like "Potgut" and "Rockchuck" and "Yellow Bellied Marmot".

So what the hell <i>is</i> this thing? Anybody know?


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Old 08-28-2003, 04:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I hafta amend my dear husband's entry - the "rawp" noise was sort of like a high-pitched, well, "yawp" but it didn't sound like a dog to me, it sounded like a croaky sort of bird call.

I know this probably doesn't help, but had to pitch in my $.02.
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Old 08-28-2003, 04:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Dear Lord!

That face, those eyes, those merciless black eyes from some sunless stygian pit in the bowels of the nethermost regions of hell. I hoped to never return that calculating, impenetrable gaze, ever again. The malignant intelligence, the steel-coiled muscles rippling beneath tawny fur, the unspeakable ears, this is a foul recipe for macabre horror on the most profound and mind-blasting level. I can barely type.

It’s a marmot.
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Old 08-28-2003, 04:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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hmm, it does sort of look like a marmot...

but the ears look a little big, and its fur isn't quite long or wiry enough.... maybe it's just a youngster
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Old 08-28-2003, 04:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
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It was about a third the size of a marmot, is the thing, and more consistently colored.

It's sort of guinea pig-sized.
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Old 08-28-2003, 04:52 PM   #6 (permalink)
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never seen one of them b4 it looks semi cuddly lol, i've never heard of a marmot either.
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Old 08-28-2003, 05:12 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 08-28-2003, 05:15 PM   #8 (permalink)
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It's a ROUS... Rodent Of Unsual Size
No, those are only found in Fire Swamps
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Old 08-28-2003, 05:15 PM   #9 (permalink)
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dude...... that on the leftf with the leaves? that's lurkey!

YOUR WIFE

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it looks like a giant sized mouse with manners or a short chubby otter...

its like plummie's chinchilla.. its a CUTE little..... ohmygodwhatthehellisthat!
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Old 08-28-2003, 05:52 PM   #10 (permalink)
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plummies chincihlla? are we talking about the same thing here Z?
*wink wink, nudge nudge*
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Old 08-28-2003, 07:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I've done some small mammal trapping (for conservation monitoring, we just count and let them go...), but only in the northeast. I don't recognize this critter. If you tell me what region you are in, I can look in the mammal books.
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Old 08-28-2003, 07:07 PM   #12 (permalink)
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looks kinda like a rabbit and a geuinie pig
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Old 08-28-2003, 08:49 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Muskrat?
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Old 08-28-2003, 09:05 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Old 08-28-2003, 09:25 PM   #15 (permalink)
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By the off chance that you're the first to find/report it, i would take the pictures to a wildlife conservation or somethin to report it, you may get to name it and classify = )


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Old 08-28-2003, 09:31 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Damn, it looks huge in the first picture.
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Old 08-28-2003, 09:53 PM   #17 (permalink)
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What you found there is a Degu.

See the following link:


http://www.degus.org/

This will tell you everything about the lil tike
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Old 08-28-2003, 10:34 PM   #18 (permalink)
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What you found there is a Degu.
See the following link:
http://www.degus.org/
A Degu, huh? Don't see one of those every day.
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Old 08-28-2003, 10:38 PM   #19 (permalink)
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a degu...
wow, never even heard of such a creature...

i thought it seemed quite similar to a hyrax, but those distinctive ears are different (and a hyrax is african and is wee bit bigger).
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Old 08-29-2003, 01:10 AM   #20 (permalink)
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looks like a pika.
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Old 08-29-2003, 01:21 AM   #21 (permalink)
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LMFAO ever hear of a Wombat yo? Thats what that is. Lil bigger than most rodents.

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Old 08-29-2003, 01:26 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Hmm guinea pig sized eh? Wombats get pretty fuckin big prolly not


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Old 08-29-2003, 01:29 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Pikachooo!

they both make a good case.. though the one in question seems a bit large in comparison..
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Old 08-29-2003, 01:43 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Okay so far we have...
Degu

Marmot

Muskrat

Wombat


The deciding factor would be the tail....if you saw the tail. Cause one has a very thin tail....other has a thick one....and I think the other two have small short ones.

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Old 08-29-2003, 02:17 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Actually now that I think about it....It looks more like a Pika than anything else. They live in western north america. In places like Colorado. By process of elimination....Degu's on top a bein pretty rare are primarily found in the Andes Mountains, The Marmot is a rock dwelling creature but is too bulky and the ears are too small, Muskrats are aquatic dwelling animals like beavers, and Wombats live on land and burrow or live in hollowed out tree trunks. So unless you were mountain journying in Chile the creature you saw is actually more than likely a Pika. By process of elimination. Your mind can rest easy now hopefully.

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Old 08-29-2003, 04:53 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Halleluia! My mind can rest easy now! It'll be the first time in 29 years!

K-Wise has nailed it, I think. These pictures were taken at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon just east of Salt Lake City. Not too likely to run across a wombat, unfortunately, but the geograpy is just right for a Pika. That picture you included there even captured his nonchalant and sort of dismissive attitued toward the larger mammals in his presence. He was kinda snooty.

Thanks everybody!
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Old 08-29-2003, 05:13 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Man, are you lucky to survive that encounter, Thats Chippy the Death Hampster !!!!!!!!
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Old 08-29-2003, 07:05 AM   #28 (permalink)
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And it had no tail that we could see.
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Old 08-29-2003, 07:08 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Yay, I was right. See, you should pay attention in bio class.
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Old 08-29-2003, 07:58 AM   #30 (permalink)
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could it be a jackalope without his horns?
http://www.sudftw.com/jacklope.gif
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Old 08-29-2003, 08:26 AM   #31 (permalink)
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It's definately not a Kangawallafox
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Old 08-29-2003, 09:00 AM   #32 (permalink)
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K-Wise has nailed it, I think. Thanks everybody!
Kewl! A rookie nailed it!
Wow, I'm even more impressed now. K-Wise, how much time did you spend researching this?

Edit: theguyondacouch thought of it first! Way to go!
guy: How did you come up with this?

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Old 08-29-2003, 09:12 AM   #33 (permalink)
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looks like a pika.
Lets give credit where credit is due. K-wise had the analysis down, but theguyondacouch seems to have been the first with the correct answer.
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Old 08-29-2003, 09:57 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Lets give credit where credit is due. K-wise had the analysis down, but theguyondacouch seems to have been the first with the correct answer.
Darned right. Sorry, K-Wise, but theguyondacouch beat you out.

Between the two of you, I'm convinced. And I have a new favorite varmint! Pika!!!!
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Old 08-29-2003, 10:08 AM   #35 (permalink)
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one thing for sure, it's cute.

(I DIDN'T SAY CUTE, I MEANT 'FUCKING COOL")

pretty neat find, sir ratbastid.
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Old 08-29-2003, 12:11 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Bah...I knew it was a pika...I'm just too damn slow.
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Old 08-29-2003, 01:09 PM   #37 (permalink)
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aww, its cute. you should have caught it and mailed it to me.

I love exotic pets.
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Old 08-29-2003, 01:12 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Snuffalupagus?
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Old 08-29-2003, 01:59 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Snuffalupagus?
Oh a Sesame Street alum!
I think *Snuffy* was just a tad larger than our little friend, but nice try .
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Old 08-29-2003, 03:44 PM   #40 (permalink)
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That top shot is great! It looks almost surreal like an oversized bunny.
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