My friend Eddie trapped a four inch rodent in his attic. He and I cannot
> recognize what kind of rodent it is. I thought at first it was a mouse
> or a rat, but its feather-like tail makes me doubt this.
it looks like an opossum
squirrel or rat in attic?
Jun 27, 2005
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A possum has a naked tail like a rat. A "feather-like" tail sounds like a squirrel.
Bert Byfield wrote
well, since I live near the OP's friend "Eddie", I can tell you we have some unusual looking opossums of the not-normal-tail variety.. thus my guess is still an opossum
Does it have very large, black eyes and a furry flap of skin between the front and rear legs? Possibly a flying squirrel! (If you're in the U.S., there's a couple of species that are less rare in urban areas than you might imagine.)
They're smaller and "mousier" looking that regular squirrels, and have a tail that could, indeed, be describes as feather-like. Here's a link to some info on the southern variety, but the northern variety looks very similar.
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