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Title: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: joshi01 on December 22, 2011, 11:33:14 AM

I live in Las Vegas and since 2 month I have this animal living in my rocks above my whirlpool. I'm wondering if this is a chinchilla.
I asked some people, but everybody had a different opinion.

thanks in advance
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Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: GrayRodent on December 22, 2011, 01:14:13 PM

It is certainly not a chinchilla. It looks like a mouse to me.

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: chinclub on December 22, 2011, 01:16:29 PM

It isn't a chinchilla because it has a rat/mouse tail.  It sure looks like one at first glance though!  How big is it.  Could it be a degu?

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: dianah on December 22, 2011, 01:38:03 PM

i think it may be a blue degu? i have degus and they look similar but are brown/ginger, i know there are blue ones but have never seen one so not entirely sure what they look like. would you have a picture that shows the end of the tail?

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this? new pics
Post by: joshi01 on December 22, 2011, 05:02:23 PM

here is another picture

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: joshi01 on December 22, 2011, 05:03:44 PM

and here is the tail

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: chinclub on December 22, 2011, 05:06:37 PM

I don't know, we have wild mice here that look a lot like that.  How big is it?

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: joshi01 on December 22, 2011, 05:38:57 PM

I would say around 4-5 inches without the tail

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: GrayRodent on December 22, 2011, 05:49:55 PM

Looks like a deer mouse. It has a bi-colored tail which is a distinguishing feature.

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peromani.htm

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: dianah on December 23, 2011, 05:29:20 AM

ah. not a degu. the tail is different!

Title: Re: what kind of animal is this?
Post by: kneesaa on December 23, 2011, 08:53:51 AM

My brother lives in Fallon NV and he said it was a kangaroo rat. He found one in someones brakes on their car while working on it. I thought it was a chinchilla also.