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

[YellowJellyfish]

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?

Yes!! I did look like a Cabybara, but have never seen or heard of them in this area. Not in list of counties posted by PP either.

I'm almost tempted to post in my local spotted! Hahaha more interesting the foreign men in white vans, parking or dog shit!!

Maybe it's one of those capybara's

Injured hare? Large rabbit with myxamatosis?

Diagram or it didn’t happen.

www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/natalyalobanova/how-to-win-friends

I hope it was a capybara. They’re so lovely!

Ooh if you get more sightings, let us know.

We have someone near us that has a couple of rescue Capybara's (rural Hampshire).

One, I think his name is George, likes to escape from his enclosure every so often and go on the run and we have a day or two of highly amusing posts of various sightings of George

I just looked it up on the last Facebook posts and I lied...it's not a Capybara called George; it's a prairie dog called Rupert!

Ok here's my diagram. I've uploaded from App so don't think you can see it if you're on a laptop.

It's smiling in the diagram .... artistic license! ;)

@wheresmymojo . Almost right then!!

Capybaras are way bigger than badgers...

Oh, that pic makes me think it’s a boar.

@wheresmymojo

Yes I always get my prairie dogs and catsa whotchamacallits confused!!

I've posted on my local Spotted page ... but it appears everyone is asleep!

Very lifelike. (I wonder if it was George or Rupert?)

In the thumbnail it looks like a hot air capyballoon on a string.

Otter ??

I mean...that looks like half a smiling Coronavirus but that's definitely smaller than a fox

@YellowJellyfish 🤣🤣🤣

@AutumnRose1 Is it the smile that make you think it's a Boar? ;)

Just for prairie dog v capybara comparison. This is Rupert, his friend Claymore and the third one I don't know as it must be the laziest and hasn't made any successful attempts to escape.

The meerkats are also unknown to me, I guess they aren't the escaping kind.

Pic now attached!

Theres 'artistic license' OP, then there's ☝️! Brilliant!

Perspective is a funny thing, I think it looks bigger than a fox.

No the smile so much as the nose. But I hope it was happy with its night wanderings 😂

Wait? What? Which one is the capybara? The one with his back to us?

Also on perspective, either your car is very small or you were very calm!!!

Hahah yes on the diagram the animal is larger than my car.

That is my car at the bottom right of the diagram in case you were wondering. It's not smiling.