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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on January 4, 2017 at 20:46

piglet?

Permalink Reply by Ken Liebick on January 5, 2017 at 21:20

Baby chupacabra? Mutant guinea pig? Not sure, but it certainly makes one wonder...I don't think woodchuck are nocturnal...and not sure that is one. Interesting pic, that's for sure. Maybe you found a new animal...time to start thinking about naming it... GameCam Samplanimal? Haha

Permalink Reply by Michael E. Roper on January 8, 2017 at 0:49

The first picture is sort of like a possum. The second picture is an opossum with it's head turned to the right looking at the deer. Or maybe a baby hippo? Set a "humane trap" with some cat food for bait and catch the critter live. Then it's off to the circus sideshow?

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on January 8, 2017 at 2:42

As I study the pictures it looks more like a possum than a coon.  However it doesn't really look like a possum to me.  It is too bad the infrared cameras don't take color pictures at night.  Seeing it in color should help to identify it.  Also not being able to see any of its tail or even if it has one doesn't help.  It definitely isn't a rabbit or an armadillo.  I am not ruling out completely a groundhog.  Could somebody's guinea pig have gotten loose?

Michael E. Roper said:

The first picture is sort of like a possum. The second picture is an opossum with it's head turned to the right looking at the deer. Or maybe a baby hippo? Set a "humane trap" with some cat food for bait and catch the critter live. Then it's off to the circus sideshow?

Permalink Reply by allanm on January 8, 2017 at 12:19

That looks about possum size - and I've never seen a guinea pig anywhere close to that big but anything is possible. You're right, color wold be nice

Permalink Reply by Ken Liebick on January 8, 2017 at 17:30

Yeah, now that y'all said "possum"...it resembles one. A first the head didn't look long enough...but the first pic...it looks like the elongated "snout" of one.
Certainly makes ya look twice though.

KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Chris Sievert on January 10, 2017 at 22:52

Marmot. 

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on January 10, 2017 at 23:19

Chris, we do have groundhogs in the area.  I killed one a couple of years ago a little over a hundred yards from the picture.  Here is a picture of the groundhog and my Smith & Wesson Model 317 Airlite .22 revolver that I shot it with.  That is my Rough Rider RR1349 Sidewinder knife beside it.

 

Chris Sievert said:

Marmot. 

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on January 22, 2017 at 22:46

Well folks I got three more pictures of this critter but still can't identify it. In these pictures it is walking away from the camera. It definitely is not a raccoon, no ring tail there. There appears to be no possum tail either. It appears to have little or no tail. Definitely not a rabbit, armadillo, or squirrel. I thought it might be a muskrat. The size is about right but they have a long flat tail. It doesn't seem to have enough tail for a groundhog. As you can see in the picture above, a groundhog has a substantial tail. It is not a porcupine or skunk. About the only critter I know of around here that it could be is a groundhog but it doesn't really look like it to me. Could someone's pet guinea pig have gotten away or been turned loose? Or is it too big for that?
Please take a look at these and the first pictures and see if you can tell me what it is!

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on January 22, 2017 at 23:09

Did some checking on groundhogs.  As I thought, they are normally active during the day and sleep at night.  Also they hibernate during winter.  So to me that lessens the probability that it is a groundhog.  I hope I get some pictures of it in the daytime.

Permalink Reply by Michael E. Roper on January 22, 2017 at 23:18

Charles,

I'm changing my guess to "Marmot" after looking them up on Wiki. Marmots do live in Alabama and it's warm enough that they might not always hibernate. It seems to be about the right size and in the picture above the critter seems to have his or her "tail" raised as it's leaving. People call them everything from ground squirrels, ground hogs, whatever. If you could use a live trap to catch it we would all sleep easier at night. I suppose even animals that are usually only active during the day might come out for a midnight snack when it's available....or when some dumb deer wakes the Marmot up.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on January 23, 2017 at 11:20

I think way too big for a guinea pig

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