What animal is this I am seeing!?

Question

I've noticed an animal around my yard that seems to look like a giant hedgehog. It is between 1.5 and 2 feet long and between 6 and 9 inches tall. It has a pointed face but its ears are on the side of its head unlike a raccoon. It also has a 5 to 7 inches long bushy tail. All over it is generally an off brown or gray color. Please help me.

Answer 1

Maybe its a possum.

Answer 2

probley a badger, http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~assent/img/Bad...

Answer 3

It could be a badger.Whatever you do don't poke it with a spoon.

Answer 4

could be a woodchuck (AKA groundhog or eastern marmot)

Answer 5

Hmm... -You hadn't heard anything about d**k Cheney passing through You neighborhood by any chance, -had You ?!  :0

Answer 6

try this.

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid...

Answer 7

can you send some of the pictures??? those would help a lot.

Answer 8

North American Porcupine or Erethizon dorsatum

Answer 9

Its a chubracaba.  They recently been photographed by Texas Sher riff Dept. and ar appearing in the open more often.