Front paws are curled inward like a kangaroo, long striped tail. The animal is about 3 or 4 feet off the ground when it is in a crouched position. A friend saw it in the Southern/Central Illinois area. Don't know what it could be. Very strange looking animal.
2006-09-21 14:52:29 · 18 answers · asked by Brandon M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
do you have ringtails or coatimundi'sthere?
2006-09-21 14:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by Nurcee 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A Raccoon... they curl thier front legs under when they stand on thier hind legs to look around...
http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~parker/Wildlife/Birds/BMPfiles/raccoon.bmp
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/williamsburg/staff/thendric/animals_shenandoah/6th/Courtney_Erik/standing_raccoon_in_water.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Raccoon
Looking at a list of the mammals of Illinois, a raccoon is the only thing it could have been, there are no other animals in Illinois with long, striped tails....
PS for people who said badger, sorry they have short tails...
2006-09-22 11:58:40 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to live in the midwest.. it could be a badger but not sure about the 3-4 ' off the ground??? Is this t he picture you saw?
http://pictures.ask.com/pictures?q=%22Honey+Badger%22&qsrc=8
2006-09-21 22:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think you might have seen a racoon but im not sure. i dont think there are any other animals with a striped tail in america. did it look like it was wearing a mask? thats a racoon.
2006-09-21 21:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by gsschulte 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Either a big raccoon or someone's ring tailed lemur escaped.
2006-09-21 21:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Shaun 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hellcat
2006-09-21 22:01:03 · answer #6 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Raccoon.
2006-09-21 21:55:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
El Chupacabra!!
2006-09-21 22:00:22 · answer #8 · answered by Sass B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A hunchback Bigfoot.
2006-09-21 21:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The govenor of Missouri wandering away from his territory.
2006-09-21 21:55:09 · answer #10 · answered by TrueBelle 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
either the Tazmanian Devil,an alien,or Big foot's little brother.
2006-09-21 21:55:02 · answer #11 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋