Friday, July 27, 2012

And the Caddyshack theme song plays.....name that rodent.

The other day I came home and saw THIS diving under my porch.  My first thought.... Jeez-um.... I have GOT to stain that porch.  My second thought..... is this Caddyshack?  I love that movie.  I wonder if we own that movie?  We should get that one. 


Yes.  I do have a bit of a focus issue....

I called my hubby at work.  I reported we might have a tiny mutant pigmy hippo living under our porch.  Go ahead... scroll up and check out that cute rump.  That's a hippo rump.  What does one feed a tiny mutant pigmy hippo? 

Or, possibly, it is a pack rat.  In which case it must die.

So I waited.  And I saw this.



Yup.  There s/he is.  Bonus points for anyone who can identify this little buggar.


Go ahead... guess.

9 comments:

Michelle said...

A BEAVER! (Ok, I know it's not a beaver. I live in the city, but even I know it's not a beaver. I just wanted some bonus points.)

Homestead said...

Beaver is always a good guess.

You're in the right order (Rodentia) but the wrong family (Castoridae)

Anonymous said...

Prairie dog... which means pups and lots of holes in the ground.

Homestead said...

Anonymous.....

Nope..... but close. You've reached the correct Family (Sciuridae) but a Prairie Dog is Genus Cynomys.

But there are still going to be a lot of babies and holes....

Elle said...

It's a woodchuck . . . .

Marmota monax

Marmotte commune -- Woodchuck

Order Rodentia -- Family Sciuridae

Now come over to What the Heck . . . and look at the rodent I'm harboring . . .

Homestead said...

Nice try. So close. It is a chuck. And it is Genus Marmota.

SarahP said...

Which makes it...a marmot! Sorry, late to the party.

michelle said...

You guys all passed the Spells class at Hogwarts, eh?

Homestead said...

More like we passed BY109 at CC....

But Hogwarts sounds better.

Yes. A yellow-bellied marmot. Rock Chuck.