Subject: [Tweeters] Short-Tailed Muskrat-Like Critter: ID???
Date: Aug 3 00:03:09 2008
From: notcalm at comcast.net - notcalm at comcast.net


Hello Marc,

Could this be a Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa)? If so, you were fortunate to see one. Google for Identification.
It is not at all like the beavers we see in the marsh or lakes, but an interesting little animal first described by Lewis and Clark.
Link for Mountain Beaver:
http://www.budknawwood.com/Aplodontia.htm

Best regards,
Dan Reiff, PhD

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From: Marc Hoffman <tweeters at dartfrogmedia.com>
> Friday about 6 pm, while walking the dirt drive to the Rowing Club
> dock on the Sammamish Slough by Marymoor Park, my brother and I came
> upon a critter who looked like a muskrat or nutria but who had a
> short, stub tail. He was wandering along the trail, pretty oblivious to us.
>
> Two photos, shot at about 12 feet, are at:
> <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/shortTailedMuskrat/>http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/s
> hortTailedMuskrat/
>
>
> Anyone know for sure what this animal was? Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Marc Hoffman
> Kirkland, WA
> http://www.dartfrogmedia.com
> mailto: tweeters at dartfrogmedia dot com


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