What animal is tis desiccated carcass?

January 6, 2016 6:10 AM

A friend snapped this photo and is wondering what it is.

It's about the size of the hand. Link below:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/BeaverTerror/Carcass.jpg

posted by BeaverTerror to Pets & Animals (12 answers total)

Looks like a lizard?
posted by LtRegBarclay at 6:13 AM on January 6, 2016

Where was this taken?
posted by rtha at 6:33 AM on January 6, 2016

looks like a mouse to me
posted by 4ster at 6:38 AM on January 6, 2016

Location would be helpful, but it looks like one of the semi-mummified, car-squished Norway rats that regular shows up in our alley.
posted by ryanshepard at 6:44 AM on January 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

Rat jerky.
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 6:52 AM on January 6, 2016 [5 favorites]

Flat rat or Flatus Ratus.
posted by cecic at 7:09 AM on January 6, 2016 [5 favorites]

Yup....that's a rat, dried out and flattened.
posted by cosmicbandito at 7:22 AM on January 6, 2016 [1 favorite]

Looks like a rat
posted by shesbenevolent at 8:31 AM on January 6, 2016

I'm going with rat like everyone else.
posted by WalkerWestridge at 9:31 AM on January 6, 2016

Any way to get a better shot of the skull, or the size (body length, etc.) of the thing? Otherwise I'm also gonna go with 'rat'.
posted by easily confused at 10:58 AM on January 6, 2016

Could be a squirrel but the tail looks too big.
posted by klanawa at 3:56 PM on January 6, 2016

Flat rat.

Unless it's the young of a much larger animal. In which case, it's a chupacabra.
posted by BlueHorse at 6:40 PM on January 6, 2016