Identify this animal please

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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    tybird wrote:
    Capybara?? No

    Agouti??? Nope

    It appears to be a Patagonian Cavy or Patagonian Hare or a Mara...all the same thing. It's not native to the island.

    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dolichotis_patagonum.html

    It's not an agouti. It just doesn't look like one. At all.

    And it's not a capybara; the legs aren't positioned right, the stance isn't right, the snout isn't right, and I just don't think it's big enough.

    I think the Patagonian Cavy is the best guess we've had. Seems to be about right.
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