✅ SOLVED What kind of critter is this?

[creskol]

What kind of critter is this? Squirrel,. Chipmunk, Rat ?

 

[Spats]

Dead

 

[nhbenz]

Fox squirrel perhaps? We don’t have them up my way (as far as I know), but I see a variety of colors of them online.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Fox squirrel perhaps? We don’t have them up my way (as far as I know), but I see a variety of colors of them online.

Agree.

 

[A2coins]

yep squirrell

 

[Bodkin]

Looks like a racoon had it's way with a squirrel last spring.
Is "it" a normal squirrel size? There's nothing to really compare to.

 

[A2coins]

Was it frozen solid lol

 

[smokeythecat]

Dead one. A young squirrel I think.

 

[bowser]

Nuclear power plant water drinker

 

[creskol]

It is kind of small .. about 10 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail.
It just showed up dead in the yard this afternoon. .. no cats or dogs around, but something must have killed it.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Squirrel

 

[creskol]

Squirrel

It's shaggy fur and it's blackish coloring is an oddity around here. I had never seen one like it before.

Thanks all .. I appreciate your help.

 

[Georgivs]

Dead chinchilla. maybe escaped or feral? We had one, I know what they look like dead.

 

[Red-Coat]

Nah. Not eating that.

 

[misplacedrednek]

Flying squirrel. Should have webbed skin from front legs to back legs to glide with when jumping around in the tree tops. Fox squirrels are pretty big, much bigger than a gray squirrel.

 

[AlabamaRelic]

Flying skwirl.

 

[Treasureman25]

Looks like a flying squirrel to me..

 

[Bquamb]

Looks like a flying squirrel or a Chinchilla... but im no dead rodent expert xD

 

[weekender]

Flying squirrel. Should have webbed skin from front legs to back legs to glide with when jumping around in the tree tops. Fox squirrels are pretty big, much bigger than a gray squirrel.

Flying squirrel fer sure

 

[creskol]

Flying squirrel. Should have webbed skin from front legs to back legs to glide with when jumping around in the tree tops. Fox squirrels are pretty big, much bigger than a gray squirrel.

Great! Thanks! Now that I stretched it out, I think you are 100% correct! SOLVED!