Name that critter

[Nomik]

I've had my share of wild animal issues near my home lately, but this one is pretty cute.






What is it? We have had some family debate, and the following terms have been bandied about: muskrat, capybara, groundhog, hedgehog, coatimundi, woodchuck, and beaver.
Bear in mind (we know it is not bear), we live in Derry, which is in Southern NH. That probably rules a few of those guesses out. My money is on groundhog. Care to weigh in?

note* - It is really cute and appears to enjoy eating acorns on its hind feet. It isn't thrilled by my presence, but it does not run away all that fast. It stayed and allowed the picture snapping for quite some time, and it keeps returning.

Will it bother Sammy? (a small to medium poodle mix with some neurotic tendencies)

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Looks like a groundhog.

Shouldn't bother a dog.

 

[Nomik]

Looks like a groundhog.

Shouldn't bother a dog.

That was my guess as well.

 

[mal]

It might be a groundhog. Can you see it's shadow?

 

[Nomik]

It might be a groundhog. Can you see it's shadow?

I went outside and looked. We appear to be in for several more weeks of fall.

 

[GNTLGNT]

x 2 for the above replies.....

 

[GNTLGNT]

...Groundhog and Woodchuck are the same thing, and that fat lil feller is most definitely a groundhog......

 

[Nomik]

...Groundhog and Woodchuck are the same thing, and that fat lil feller is most definitely a groundhog......

I didn't see the light saber that mine had. I'll have to go out and look later tonight.
We have some wood in our yard that has most definitely been chucked (well, gnawed upon), so that makes sense.

 

[morgan]

Groundhog and Woodchuck are the same thing

Sure hope Nomik doesn't have an invisible dome come down around her property!

 

[Nomik]

Sure hope Nomik doesn't have an invisible dome come down around her property!

Me too!!! Lol

 

[mjs9153]

It sure is a groundhog,or woodchuck,whatever you want to call it..cute yes,but they dig and dig and dig tunnels and can ruin the foundation of your home,you don't want them in your backyard..

 

[Nomik]

It sure is a groundhog,or woodchuck,whatever you want to call it..cute yes,but they dig and dig and dig tunnels and can ruin the foundation of your home,you don't want them in your backyard..

That was my front yard, but dually noted.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Scrapple fixins

 

[Nomik]

Scrapple fixins

My boyfriend won't eat any animal, but we have a lot of dinner meat in our yard: turkeys, geese, ducks.

I thought scrapple was pork based....
but I don't have any idea what I'm talking about.

 

[Sundrop]

I vote for naming him Clem......

 

[Sundrop]

Scrapple fixins

I knew it!!!......Scrapple is no longer a mystery meat......

 

[DiO'Bolic]

My boyfriend won't eat any animal, but we have a lot of dinner meat in our yard: turkeys, geese, ducks.

I thought scrapple was pork based....
but I don't have any idea what I'm talking about.

Back in the 1970’s I used to go to a butcher shop that was run by a farmer. His scrapple, in addition to pig, also included varmints he got rid of that were destroying his crops. Only a few people knew, and his daughter was a family friend. Waste not, vaunt not.

 

[Nomik]

I vote for naming him Clem......

Clem....I was going to call him Sherman, but I think we will take it to a vote now.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I knew it!!!......Scrapple is no longer a mystery meat......

It's the other grey meat.

 

[Nomik]

Back in the 1970’s I used to go to a butcher shop that was run by a farmer. His scrapple, in addition to pig, also included varmints he got rid of that were destroying his crops. Only a few people knew, and his daughter was a family friend. Waste not, vaunt not.