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What is this critter in my yard, river behind. (Original Post)
elleng
Apr 2014
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hollysmom
(5,946 posts)1. looks cute like an otter, but could be a muskrat. n/t
elleng
(138,129 posts)2. Thanks. Friends have suggested beaver and ground hog.
Would LOVE it to be an otter!
Arkansas Granny
(31,920 posts)3. Looks kinda chunky for an otter. It looks more like a beaver to me.
elleng
(138,129 posts)4. 'Official' groundhog picture
![](http://wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/files/2013/02/wpid-Photo-Feb-1-2013-1152-PM.jpg)
What do you think, Granny?
Arkansas Granny
(31,920 posts)5. Bears an uncanny resemblance.
elleng
(138,129 posts)6. Looks pretty close,
but can't see the face well.
hlthe2b
(107,834 posts)7. Beaver.... n/t
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)12. Yep. They are doing a number on Texas Parks & Wildlife
efforts to prevent water blockage in a WMA 80 miles east of Austin. Can't do much about it. They are singularly industrious.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)8. Nutria rat? n/t
Trajan
(19,089 posts)9. Chupacabra ...
RUN ! ! !
Paladin
(29,399 posts)10. Looks like a nutria, but I don't know where you're situated.
Run that image past your local fish & game personnel and let us know what they say.
elleng
(138,129 posts)11. Southern Maryland.
Daughter and a friend with a farm, both nearby, and another friend in Virginia, say its clearly groundhog.
mog75
(109 posts)13. looks like a
Groundhog
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)14. If you never see it swimming, it's a groundhog.