Can you please help me work out what animal I just saw

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In the UK driving down the narrow country roads when this animal ran/waddled across the road.

It was bigger than a cat, smaller than a badger, slower than a fox.

It kind of waddled, was quite round and had no tail.

I really can't think what kind of mammal it was.

Any ideas?

Please excuse the grammar, should read, I have just seen!

Could it not just be a juvenile badger?

Hmmmm away to google what a juvenile badger looks like. The colouring wasn't the same .... hold on

Muntjac deer?

Wombat?

Beever?

Muntjac deer? They are quite small and have very short tails that might not be obvious.

That suppose to of said Wallbies
They have been spotted in the UK...

Or a baby Deer?

Muntjac aren’t very ‘waddley’ though. Beaver would have a very obvious tail.

No wasn't young badger, they still have the black and white face, and this def didn't.

No not Muntjac deer legs were too short and it waddled, it wasn't graceful. It walked like a hedgehog. That waddley way.

Wallabies also have obvious tail.

Are you in Bodmin? If so, panther. If not, Bigfoot. If you're in Scotland, loch Ness Monster.

Or if in central London, de Pfeffel.

No def not a wallaby. In sooooo stuck as to what it was.

It wouldn’t be any other mustalid I can think of as they all have obvious tails.

Pregnant rottweiler

Injured hare?

Beever or a boar?

Cabybara escaped from somewhere?

What colour was it?

Extra-large, pregnant, tail-less cat?

There are both beavers and boar in parts of this 'Shire but don't think it was either of them.

Did look similar shape and colour to a beaver but I would have noticed that tail. And are they nocturnal?

According to this website, there are feral capybara in the UK: "The main hotspots for Capybara in the UK are Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk." Are you in any of those places? A capybara would certainly fit your description.

Fat dog with bobbed tail.

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