Can you ID this animal track?

[RobertBrown]

Looks like a lizard track. See example at:
ARKive - Little white whiptail videos, photos and facts - Aspidoscelis gypsi

Maybe it's a snow gator?

 

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Can anybody identify this little critter? Its about 8" long. Looks like a cross between a chinchilla and a squirrel but that can't be. Then I thought it was a flying squirrel baby because of its flat tail but the color is odd. I'm up for guesses but right now I'm saying its a baby flying squirrel.

 

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Looks like a lizard track. See example at:
ARKive - Little white whiptail videos, photos and facts - Aspidoscelis gypsi

Dang, it is a baby tyrannosaurus after all.

 

[RobertBrown]

Can anybody identify this little critter? Its about 8" long. Looks like a cross between a chinchilla and a squirrel but that can't be. Then I thought it was a flying squirrel baby because of its flat tail but the color is odd. I'm up for guesses but right now I'm saying its a baby flying squirrel.

That's what they look like down here. We have lots of them. Looks like that guy is having a bad day.
They don't get much bigger than that down here, so maybe it's not a baby. Seems like the babies would be born in the spring.

 

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That's what they look like down here. We have lots of them. Looks like that guy is having a bad day.
They don't get much bigger than that down here, so maybe it's not a baby. Seems like the babies would be born in the spring.

Your reasoning of spring babies is probable RB. Perhaps this is a full grown one at that. If it is, its the first one I ever saw and I literally lived in the woods.

 

[powerpace]

Can anybody identify this little critter? Its about 8" long. Looks like a cross between a chinchilla and a squirrel but that can't be. Then I thought it was a flying squirrel baby because of its flat tail but the color is odd. I'm up for guesses but right now I'm saying its a baby flying squirrel.

Flying Squirrel. The cats catch the young ones in the spring around here.

 

[RobertBrown]

Your reasoning of spring babies is probable RB. Perhaps this is a full grown one at that. If it is, its the first one I ever saw and I literally lived in the woods.

I never realized how many there were until I started spending time in th woods at night.
Now I,m pretty sure that there are just as many flying squirells as ther are squirells.
Flying squirells are nocturnal. They are extremely difficult to see, but once you indentify thier calls, you realize that you are surrounded and out numbered.
If you are quick and patient you will be able to see them with a red right. They can see you at night and if you keep perfectly still they will come to you.
Just last week I had several within a few feet of my face. That is a little scary as I think they are predatory, not sure about that. They are very fast and fiy more than they climb. They seem to be having a great time fiying around a vocalizing.

 

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I never realized how many there were until I started spending time in th woods at night.
Now I,m pretty sure that there are just as many flying squirells as ther are squirells.
Flying squirells are nocturnal. They are extremely difficult to see, but once you indentify thier calls, you realize that you are surrounded and out numbered.
If you are quick and patient you will be able to see them with a red right. They can see you at night and if you keep perfectly still they will come to you.
Just last week I had several within a few feet of my face. That is a little scary as I think they are predatory, not sure about that. They are very fast and fiy more than they climb. They seem to be having a great time fiying around a vocalizing.

Never knew that RB and is why I never saw them as I never chainsawed at night. As we had no winter per se around here this season, I didn't know if birth cycles were as screwed up as the maple syrup flow this year. That was part of my reasoning that it may have been a wee one, I do wonder what they sound like. Perhaps there is a sound bite somewhere on the net of them. Thanks for the info.

 

[fuseboxer]

Could the unknown critter have a fresh kill for breakfast in its mouth and dragging part of the kill? Pure quess.

 

[rgs03833]

Look like a Person with a Tail.... LMAO

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