Re: please identify this mammal

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:26:13 -0700 (PDT), Will in New Haven
<bill.reich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 5, 7:30 pm, nmp <addr...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry for the bad pictures:

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They are quite small, size of a small dog.

We saw them at a farm, but we don't think they are of any native
species... This farm also has wallabies and other "weird" animals (weird
only for W-Europe, of course).

Would there be an economic reason for keeping these animals? Are they
eaten?


I think that's one of the South American rodents. A large one, but not
a Rodent of Unusual Size.

Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exis...

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