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Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts) Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:30 PM Jan 2023

more monkeys and....see if you can guess what the terrestrial mammal is.....

...and here is the mystery mammal

first person to guess correctly gets a free beer...but you gotta meet me at the restaurant in the marina in Golfito, Costa Rica to claim your beer.

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more monkeys and....see if you can guess what the terrestrial mammal is..... (Original Post) Gato Moteado Jan 2023 OP

Capybara? Ocelot II Jan 2023 #1

That was my guess, but I think they are larger than this little guy. MLAA Jan 2023 #3

I thought it could be a baby. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #5

good guess, but....... Gato Moteado Jan 2023 #6

Adorable MLAA Jan 2023 #2

I won't say as Mr Lake and I were just talking about one this am. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #4

WTF???? you're passing up a free pilsen??????? Gato Moteado Jan 2023 #8

Haha. People will say it was rigged!!! We would need an investigation by DOJ. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #10

Nutria? Walleye Jan 2023 #7

another good guess.... Gato Moteado Jan 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Quakerfriend Jan 2023 #11

Agouti? Ocelot II Jan 2023 #12

well, it's only fitting that someone named ocelot would get it right! Gato Moteado Jan 2023 #13

Thanks for the beer! You have more interesting rodents than we do. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #14

Found: howler monkeys. usonian Jan 2023 #15

great pics Skittles Jan 2023 #16

It's a rodent, yes.... Gato Moteado Jan 2023 #19

Tapir? Callalily Jan 2023 #17

Tapirs... Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2023 #18

it's a rodent called an agouti... Gato Moteado Jan 2023 #20

Ocelot II

(116,132 posts)

1. Capybara?

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:31 PM

Jan 2023

MLAA

(17,387 posts)

3. That was my guess, but I think they are larger than this little guy.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:34 PM

Jan 2023

Ocelot II

(116,132 posts)

5. I thought it could be a baby.

Reply to MLAA (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:34 PM

Jan 2023

It's something in that family, though.

Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts)

6. good guess, but.......

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:34 PM

Jan 2023

no.

capybaras are in south america.

MLAA

(17,387 posts)

2. Adorable

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:33 PM

Jan 2023

I won’t ruin it for others to answer…I had to google😉

LakeArenal

(28,921 posts)

4. I won't say as Mr Lake and I were just talking about one this am.

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:34 PM

Jan 2023

Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts)

8. WTF???? you're passing up a free pilsen???????

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:36 PM

Jan 2023

dang.

LakeArenal

(28,921 posts)

10. Haha. People will say it was rigged!!! We would need an investigation by DOJ.

Reply to Gato Moteado (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:39 PM

Jan 2023

Walleye

(31,219 posts)

7. Nutria?

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:36 PM

Jan 2023

Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts)

9. another good guess....

Reply to Walleye (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:37 PM

Jan 2023

...but no.

Response to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Quakerfriend This message was self-deleted by its author.

Ocelot II

(116,132 posts)

12. Agouti?

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:41 PM

Jan 2023

Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts)

13. well, it's only fitting that someone named ocelot would get it right!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:52 PM

Jan 2023

see you at the marina, where i took this very photo!

Ocelot II

(116,132 posts)

14. Thanks for the beer! You have more interesting rodents than we do.

Reply to Gato Moteado (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 07:55 PM

Jan 2023

We have squirrels, and no actual ocelots. We do have monkeys, but they're mostly in Congress.

usonian

(10,087 posts)

15. Found: howler monkeys.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 08:17 PM

Jan 2023

Apologies to monkeys.

Skittles

(153,458 posts)

16. great pics

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 08:35 PM

Jan 2023

that last dude, is he of the muskrat variety?

Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts)

19. It's a rodent, yes....

Reply to Skittles (Reply #16)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 11:33 PM

Jan 2023

....not really aquatic though.....it's called an agouti

Callalily

(14,901 posts)

17. Tapir?

Reply to Gato Moteado (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 08:42 PM

Jan 2023

Whatthe_Firetruck

(560 posts)

18. Tapirs...

Reply to Callalily (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 11:07 PM

Jan 2023

... Are like far midget deer. They're a hoofed mammal. This one is more rodentia type.

Gato Moteado

(9,879 posts)

20. it's a rodent called an agouti...

Reply to Callalily (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 11:35 PM

Jan 2023

...tapirs are large animals....i've seen several here....this one walked right by me on the beach at the entrance to sirena on the osa peninsula:

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