What IS this animal?

[Roski]

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2010/04/06/unknown-beast-raids-chicken-coop/

Deemed the Chinese Chupacabra. I'm stumped. Hybrid? Mutant? Nothing extraordinary with a bad case of fur mites? I'm very curious, what's your opinion?

 

[flamesbane]

Looks like something with a bad case of mites, that could even explain the round ears (chewed up by mites)...

 

[Julia]

Here's an article about a similar discovery.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12063067

Looks like the animals have some sort of skin disease. Mange, maybe.

 

[PrimalTaunt]

I want to say raccoon but the neck looks longer than the furry version.

 

[ametan]

Looks like a possum to me.

 

[Aurelia]

Looks like a possum to me.

Yep, right down to the nose, feet, and prehensile tail.

 

[PrimalTaunt]

Shoot. Didn't scroll down to the second picture so I didn't see the tail.

 

[Blonc]

I'll put in a vote for a Binturong with scabies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binturong

 

[DrAce]

Could it be the Nature Boy?

 

[funguy@heart]

I agree with Blonc. It looks like a Binturong with Mange.

 

[funguy@heart]

Never mind their is no way its a Binturong. The face isn't even close maybe a large possum with mange.

 

[stevetastic]

I vote for some kind of civet.

 

[Travis K]

nice, but I really liked this one.

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/09/28/snake-foot-discovered-china/

 

[Anastasia]

Could it be the Nature Boy?

giggled for few minutes here, it could be, it could be, hahaha
didn see him posted for few days, that must be the reason, caged, hehehe

 

[aracnophiliac]

Most denfinatly!

could it be the nature boy?

 

[skips]

It's hard to imagine what a binturong would look like without fur. Is it long enough to be a civet? Looks like a hairless fossa to me, or a coati, though both are impossible unless someone had an odd pet. It just doesn't look like it has a narrow enough mouth to be an opossum. I have friend that loves identifying hairless exotic animals though. I want to see what he thinks. My vote is red panda because it just looks like a procyonid to me, though if the tail was prehensile that wouldnt fit.

 

[Exo]

It's some Chinese critter with mange.

 

[Zoltan]

It's beautiful!

 

[Roski]

I have friend that loves identifying hairless exotic animals though. I want to see what he thinks.

Interesting hobby! Please do!

 

[Shell]

It's some Chinese critter with mange.

+1

I don't know what it is, but it definately has mange!!