I'm thinking maybe a River Otter. Is the camera near a creek, river or marsh?
He is about 50 yds from a creek in the pic.I'm thinking maybe a River Otter. Is the camera near a creek, river or marsh?
researched Nutria and looks like one and i have trapped beaver before and this tail is'nt even close to one.But who know's.Upon further inspection. I say its a beaver and the tail is at a weird angle and u can't see how wide it is. Proportions match a beaver.....
Have had alot of pics here of Raccoons and this look's as big or bigger than a coon.Have also caught alot of muskrats and know it is'nt that or otter.Way too fat for otterLlook up Nutria online and let me know what you think then.X2
Without scale I was thinking this or a muskrat. Might even be both. The first pic has a tail to thick to be a muskrat and looks more like an otter but the second pic is for sure a muskrat. Given they are a few hours apart they very well could be different critters.
I say one of each and that is my final answer.
Central ohio area is where this was taken.Tail doesn't appear to have hair....river otters have hair on their tail. But proportions look off to be a muskrat. Never seen a nutria so I can't say for sure. Where are u location wise ?
I say it's a River Otter. IMO.
Just wtf is a nutria?
Yes they are.Overgrown water loving rat basically. I didn't know they were in Ohio. Aren't they am invasive species?