What animal is this?

[yelbike]

My wife hit it with a rake than my dog finished the job.

 

[Jstpssng]

You might get a more accurate answer if you gave a size reference... Is it the size of a dollar bill, or a long handled shovel?

 

[Barry 1]

Young Ground Hog

 

[KiotiKowboy]

Looks like an everyday pesky mole.

 

[Pixguy]

Groundhog/Woodchuck is my guess as well.

 

[yelbike]

You might get a more accurate answer if you gave a size reference... Is it the size of a dollar bill, or a long handled shovel?

About a foot long.

My wife thought a badger.

 

[smstonypoint]

Another vote for groundhog.

Steve

 

[txdon]

nutria

If I saw something like that in Texas.

 

[2grit]

100% Woodchuck/Groundhog. See them all the time

 

[Jstpssng]

About a foot long.

My wife thought a badger.

OK, I would agree with those who said a young woodchuck, in which case it probably won't be the last that you see. . Does it have rodent teeth?

My first thought was a muskrat or nutria, but the feet aren't webbed, and it lacks the long, furless tail.
I

 

[Jstpssng]

About a foot long.

My wife thought a badger.

OK I would agree with those who said a young woodchuck, in which case it probably won't be the last that you see. . Does it have rodent teeth?

My first thought was a muskrat or nutria- but the feet aren't webbed, and it lacks the long, furless tail.
I

 

[kenmac]

I vote groundhog.. Not as fat as https://www.google.com/search?q=phi...0CGsQsARqFQoTCO2A4emnhMcCFYfRgAodLbECuA&dpr=1

 

[Egon]

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Badger.

 

[CobyRupert]

Woodchuck. (a.k.a. Ground Hog)

 

[Bocephous]

Young woodchuck.

 

[oosik]

Egon - you know, I wondered about a badger also. I've never seen a young badger and I don't know at what stage of their life they develop the typical badger coloration/markings. If it was a young badger - look out for the mama - she can tear you up like a rag doll.

Otherwise - it probably is a groundhog/woodchuck or the like.

 

[Ford850]

Whistle Piglet

 

[MrWhippy]

Woodchuck/ground hog. My dog kills a half dozen of these a month (in the summer). No doubt about it.

 

[ALinCarolina]

Woodchuck. The first photo shows the two long incisors of a rodent. Badgers are a weasel, they have canine teeth like a cat.