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Kangahippopossumouse
Status: Undetermined
An anonymous correspondent emailed me a link to Arr, the Kraken, where I found this picture of a very curious creature. Arr, the Kraken speculates that it might be a kangahippopossumouse. Perhaps, though it could also be a Tasmanian Dwarf Hippo. Anyone out there able to positively identify this thing?
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Categories: Animals Posted by Alex on Mon Jul 23, 2007 |
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reminds me of those hotheaded naked ice borers...
Posted by MagicFaireDust in Honolulu, HI on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 02:21 AM
reminds me of this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE
Posted by mrkurto on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 02:44 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE
somesort of bald rodent?
Posted by samemo on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 03:45 AM
Naked mole rat, perhaps?
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 03:48 AM
That's a Moomin! How did he get out of Norway? Does Papa Moomin know?
Posted by Nona in London on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 07:16 AM
I think I see remnant bits of (grey) fur on the critter. So I think it is some furry animal that trough illness or whatever lost its fur. It looks to me if it could be a squirrel.
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 07:19 AM
now That looks like Chris Farley
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 08:34 AM
I'm with CMG on this: it's a naked mole rat. It just looks weird because - well, because it's a naked mole rat... though it looks like it might have some tumours or something on its back. That, or it's got spattergoit. Ugly fucker, anyhoo.
Posted by outeast in Prague, Czech Rep on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 09:29 AM
Yeah, it looks as if it DID have fur...it's just gone in quite a lot of places!
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 09:51 AM
We were actually talking about this on the OTCC last week. We figured it was either a mangy coypu or a mangy mountain beaver.
Things it is definately not:
hairless rat
skinny pig
mangy squirrel
naked mole rat
stressed out chinchilla
Personally, I'm leaning towards the mountain beaver theory now.
Posted by MadCarlotta in Canada on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 09:57 AM
Things it is definately not:
hairless rat
skinny pig
mangy squirrel
naked mole rat
stressed out chinchilla
Personally, I'm leaning towards the mountain beaver theory now.
What excludes it from being a hairless rat?
Posted by Just wondering on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 01:46 PM
the shape of the face is wrong for a rat, as is the general body shape (unless it has parasites or something). I also don't see a tail, but it's conceivable that the tail met it's demise somehow.
Posted by MadCarlotta in Canada on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 05:33 PM
Okay, I'm gonna go out on limb here and point something out to y'all. This critters actual size is probably at best just about an inch or so long in that picture. Look at the "natural habitat photo". There are two dandelion weeds in that picture. The one on the right has not even matured enough for the leaves to finish taking on their "lions tooth" shape yet. Why is this important? Well, although the dandelion in the foreground has matured, the fact that the one on the right has not should give you a good idea of this critters size. My guess is that this is a photo of an abandoned newborn squirrel. Although it appears this critter is squatting there eating, my guess is (after blowing the photo up a bit) it is dead and has started to decompose a bit, giving the appearance (as one fellow stated) of tumors or something growing on its back...
Posted by Christopher in Joplin, Missouri on Tue Jul 24, 2007 at 01:22 AM
I would think it is is Double Rex Rat.
The Double Rex through out it's life grows velvet like hair and then looses it in patches until it is pretty much bald.. then regrows the patches and the cycle starts over again. As one site put it "These rats have patches of furred areas and bald areas. The patches may also 'wander' over the rat's life- hair growing in where there previously as none, and areas of fur going bald. Coat is short with a coarse texture. Short, tightly curled whiskers." The funny look to the face I think is due to the position of the rat and the angle of the pic taken. The tail is missing either from being under the rat (mine sit like that sometimes) Or being photoshopped out. I have owned a couple double rex rats myself. http://www.star-rats.ru/images/articles/Double Rex.jpg
Posted by Suki in WI on Wed Jul 25, 2007 at 03:02 PM
The Double Rex through out it's life grows velvet like hair and then looses it in patches until it is pretty much bald.. then regrows the patches and the cycle starts over again. As one site put it "These rats have patches of furred areas and bald areas. The patches may also 'wander' over the rat's life- hair growing in where there previously as none, and areas of fur going bald. Coat is short with a coarse texture. Short, tightly curled whiskers." The funny look to the face I think is due to the position of the rat and the angle of the pic taken. The tail is missing either from being under the rat (mine sit like that sometimes) Or being photoshopped out. I have owned a couple double rex rats myself. http://www.star-rats.ru/images/articles/Double Rex.jpg
i think it might be a sick wombat..it should have fur.
Posted by adamhoek on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 04:07 PM
my daughter just happened by and stopped to tell me it was a naked mole rat.. she's 7, and 7 yr olds know EVERYTHING. end of dispute.
Posted by Dee in Vermont on Thu Jul 26, 2007 at 09:01 PM
Naked mole rat ears don't stick out like that, they're mostly internal. Images from Google
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 10:10 AM
Naked mole rats are only live in parts of East Africa. This picture according to the site was taken in Seattle USA.
Posted by Suki in Madison on Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 10:37 PM
It's a "skinny pig", a type of hairless guinea pig.
Posted by Skinny pig on Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 11:38 PM
I was thinking skinny pig, except that the ears don't look quite right. It could be the odd angle, but skinny-pig ears, like furred-guinea pig ears, are larger than that and sorta floppy. However, if it's a skinny pig that would explain the bumps; some skinnies are prone to that sort of thing.
Posted by Ledasmom on Thu Aug 02, 2007 at 02:23 PM
The Skinny pig idea seems the closest.It cannot, however, be: hairless rat(no tail and the heads to strange to be a rat), Naked mole rat (TOTALLY WRONG body shape, trust me, I've sen live ones before),beaver (even if it has no fur that doesnt explain the habitat or lack of tail,same with squirrel). Even skinny pig theories have problems over the ears. No matter what it is, its safe to assume it is very sick.
Posted by The Notorious J on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 05:38 AM
Am I the only one with an excessive desire to touch it? It looks like it would feel soft and suede-like. And it's cute little pot belly...
Posted by Lina on Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 02:03 PM
Whatever it is, it's kind of cute.
Posted by Eleanor in WA on Wed Apr 11, 2012 at 09:02 AM
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