Name That Animal
February 5, 2012
For anyone not watching the Pre-Post-Pre-PreGame Superbowl show, please join in. No researching, just post a guess in the comments if you don’t know. And if you’re just guessing, you can get extra credit for being witty. Answer will be posted in the comments later today.
February 5, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Brush-tailed, striped-backed, prick-eared, super-cute-type rodent?
Obviously I have no idea.
February 5, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Some bizarre and adorable sub-species of a squirrel, or what we know as a squirrel????? Where on Earth do you find these things?????? :-)
February 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm
The internet! Sometimes I just come across an animal I’ve never seen before and use that, other times I start out searching for images of one type of animal and inevitably end up clicking through to a different animal and using that. This one I happened to see on a blog.
February 5, 2012 at 2:47 pm
No idea what it is, but it sure is beautiful!
February 5, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Is that Crash’s wild cousin? (A bandicoot.)
February 5, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Numbat?
February 5, 2012 at 2:51 pm
Cootamunde? not sure of spelling but first thought to mind on seeing photo.
February 5, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Squirreladillo?
February 5, 2012 at 2:56 pm
It’s the newest breed to be admitted to the AKC. Still in the Misc. class, but look for the Zebrowski Spaniel in the Toy Group July 1.
February 7, 2012 at 11:03 am
Aaaaaaahahahahahaha! Love it!!
February 5, 2012 at 3:26 pm
I really like Linda’s answer of Squirreladillo. I’m thinking it looks a bit marsupial so may be a opposquirrelmadlillo…
February 5, 2012 at 3:46 pm
I like Linda’s answer as well–I was going to say “squirrelmadillo,” slight variation.
I’ve seen coatimundis in Guatemala, and this doesn’t look like the ones I saw. I’m thinking this is perhaps some obscure marsupial …
February 5, 2012 at 3:50 pm
(And after writing the above I used Google’s new “search by image” feature to satisfy my curiosity. Cool!)
February 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Oh – I didn’t know about that. Thanks for the tip!
February 5, 2012 at 5:42 pm
The first time I saw one was on a photo forum five years ago. I thought it was adorable, and I am not changing my mind. And I’m not the only one — the ****** has its own coin, it’s cuter than the Tasmanian Devil, and it eats up to 20,000 termites a day..
February 5, 2012 at 6:22 pm
As an Australian, I know that’s a numbat!
February 5, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Is it a male or a female? I wish to name it Mike. If it’s a girl, then I suppose she could be Michelle. Ta da! Mike the marsupial squirmadillo. Yup, works for me.
February 5, 2012 at 7:06 pm
ANSWER TIME
(Yes, all y’all qualified for the extra credit – well done!)
This is a numbat. From the Wiki for this animal:
February 7, 2012 at 11:06 am
Hey, Clarice was the 5th responder and she guessed it!! I haven’t ever seen one, even though I visited Australia once.
February 8, 2012 at 5:44 am
They’re not common, and many Aussies actually don’t know of them. :(