What is this animal called?

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I just got back from a trip to the yucatan peninsula. There were these little brown animals about the size of a possum running around our resort property. They ate by holding food in their front paws. Looked like rodents but staff said they were related to the pig family. Started with the letter "C". Any ideas?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Click the link below. If that's the animal you saw, it's a Coatimundi or just Coati.

S F · Answer

I think you probably saw an agouti.  These are prevalent in the resorts.  A coatimundi looks somewhat like a raccoon.  But the agoutis look more like the rodents  you describe - a friend of mine calls them "garden rats."

Check out the link below for photos.

Mulligan · Answer

Collared Anteaters
Undoubtedly Costa Rica's oddest entity, the collared anteater (Tamandua mexicana) is a cat-sized creature with a nose
even larger than Barbara Streisand's. Locally, they are called the tamandua or oso hormiguero, which literal& translates
to "the bear who hunts ants," but the ante themselves probably refer to them simply as "the grim reaper."

Anonymous · Answer

Cubalibra

Dan E · Answer

Chilupa

Hearty · Answer

Could be a possum.  Check out this website:

pac1fic1slander@rocketmail.com · Answer

Chinchilla?

Anonymous · Answer

Chupacabra?

Squirelly · Answer

capybara
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66247343@N00/11517231/

Anonymous · Answer

Aww, they sound cute!
But I suggest Googling it.

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