Comments on: Kangahippomouse?

By: Marcopolo

Marcopolo — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:54:14 +0000

I am certain this is a mountain beaver. A mountain beaver actually is not a beaver at all, which is why so many people here are confused saying it is too small to be a beaver. The so-called mountain beaver is actually the worlds oldest living rodent and is only indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. Its scientific name is Aplodontia Rufa

http://www.infowright.com/mtbeaver/

it looks like someone shaved its hair and took a photo of it to fool people, and apparently did a good job of it too.

By: easternbigfoot2

easternbigfoot2 — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:10:18 +0000

Mangy wombat

By: grafikman

grafikman — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:56:53 +0000

Ok, can’t be a beaver or squirrel, the tail doesn’t fit. Even an alopeciac beaver would still have a big flat bald tail, and a squirrel a long skinny bald one.

I’d say baby nutria. The anatomy fits and the fact it’s *there* and didn’t scamper away from somebody taking a picture of it may indicate it’s young.

Or sick with mange. Either way it’s pretty gnarly lookin’.

By: edsessio

edsessio — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:28:11 +0000

I think it’s a hybrid of a beaver and a rat

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:47:14 +0000

You’re all wrong.

My littel girl says it’s Uniqua from the “Backyardigans.”

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:13:57 +0000

Munnin… Kool, thanks for the link… I thought that first one looked like a rat…
Hmm… I must be a real bone head… Cuz went I try to copy and paste a link to this site I can’t do it… Wonder what I am doing wrong…

By: laserpotato

laserpotato — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:28:03 +0000

It’s gotta be a hairless squirrel-tt’s far too smooth for a mole-rat and those feet are a dead giveaway.

By: Munnin

Munnin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:41:36 +0000

RAT - it was, as DARHOP pointed out, a link to a hairless rat photo that I offered before, and NOT guinea pigs or hairless hamsters. Sheesh. I should be doing this earlier in the day when I still have some semblance of focus, LOL. I still vote hairless hamster.

By: Munnin

Munnin — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:37:08 +0000

DARHOP: All I can say is “Doh!” I pasted the incorrect link before. Those are indeed hairless guinea pigs, and as you can see the size of the ears in relation to the rest of the head seems larger in most of these, compared to the subject of this discussion. Here is (really) a page with a couple of pictures of a hairless hamster - note the stubby tail apparent in the second pic- which to me it looks more like our kangahippomouse than some of the other possible suspects.

http://exoticpets.about.com/library/photogallery/blph_hamster28.htm

By: kittenz

kittenz — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:13:10 +0000

Sarcoptic mange does not usually leave the skin crusted and thickened like demodectic mange does. The animal in this photo is not hairless all over; tufts of hair are plainly visible, in areas where it would be difficult for the animal to reach to scratch. This little guy’s tail doesn’t look long enough to be a nutria, but I suppose it could be one. It still looks like a marmot to me, but nutrias look a lot like marmots too :). Whatever it is, it certainly appears to have a bad case of sarcoptic mange.