Need help identifying mystery animal.

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I snapped these pictures Saturday afternoon behind my house. I thought this was a fox, but my co-worker says it?s a coyote.

 

[Scouzer]

an ugly dog

 

[Juddog]

Oh my gawd, a dog! Amazing!

 

[moshquerade]

a starving dingo

 

[Linflas]

Can't look at the pics at work but there have been coyote sightings in the DC suburbs so it is possible. Foxes generally have a more brownish/reddish appearance and are smaller than coyotes. We see foxes in our backyard pretty regularly.

 

[Kaspian]

Originally posted by: Juddog
Oh my gawd, a dog! Amazing!

:laugh:

 

[Reel]

It looks pretty haggard. Proceed with caution.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Mom?

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: Juddog
Oh my gawd, a dog! Amazing!

it's not a dog. this isn't uganda, we don't have packs of wild dogs roaming the streets.:roll:

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: Juddog
Oh my gawd, a dog! Amazing!

it's not a dog. this isn't uganda, we don't have packs of wild dogs roaming the streets.:roll:

nm

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: Juddog
Oh my gawd, a dog! Amazing!

it's not a dog. this isn't uganda, we don't have packs of wild dogs roaming the streets.:roll:

nm

fox or coyote is my guess.

 

[loup garou]

Another chupacabre sighting!

 

[CaptnKirk]

Chupacabra in the larvae stage . .

 

[NuclearNed]

Another vote for dog. I've seen a lot of coyotes, and I don't think that is one. It is also definitely not a fox.

 

[vi edit]

It could be a mangey, malnourished coyote pup...

http://www.urbanwildliferescue...tures/lwbabycoyote.jpg

 

[Accipiter22]

need a coy-dog option in poll

 

[Mr Pickles]

Where the hell do you people live to have things like that running around in the back of your house?

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: MrLee
Where the hell do you people live to have things like that running around in the back of your house?

about 10 miles west of DC.

 

[Gneisenau]

That's easy. It's what's left of a St Bernard after he accidently wandered into a session of congress....

 

[ThePresence]

Hard to tell it's size from the pics.
How big/small was it?

Foxes are much smaller than coyotes.

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Hard to tell it's size from the pics.
How big/small was it?

Foxes are much smaller than coyotes.

it was about 18" tall to top of the back, maybe 24" with head. I guess about 20-30 lbs.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: Juddog
Oh my gawd, a dog! Amazing!

it's not a dog. this isn't uganda, we don't have packs of wild dogs roaming the streets.:roll:

There was a pack of them?

If not, what's hard to believe about it being a stray dog?
If so, you think it's a pack of foxes?

 

[bignateyk]

looks like a stray dog. From the looks of it, i'd stay the hell away from it... it's probably rabid.

Definitely not a fox or coyote.

 

[daveshel]

Canis ferus.

 

[SirStev0]

It looks to be part-coyote at least. Might have had a domesticated or stray dog parent. I had a friend with a dog that was part wolf. They lived in a rural area and the vet was cool not to report it... apparently they are suppose to be put down.