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?

I am also nominating you for Oxbridge Honorary Degrees in Zoology and Fine Art.

@Papergirl1968 thanks I will look into it tomorrow .

Any word from MNHQ yet about it going into classics ?

A coypu

I looked up albino badgers because albinos are usually pure white and the photo looked yellow. It could be the light on the photo, but still...

And it turns out that there are pure albino badgers, which are indeed pure white and the eyes must be red, because they lack any pigment.

But there are also erythristic badgers, which don't have the black pigment but have a sandy colour, as in the photo shown earlier.
If this is what you saw, it's not albino, but basically a blonde badger.

www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/10/erythristic-badger-vaccination-derbyshire

I thought capybaras were only Australian

South American you meant 😉

Just adding that there's something called scientific illustration and you'd be great at it.

I wish it had turned out to be an escaped gerund @BiarritzCrackers I'm going to hook out my very ancient Molesworth books now!

Not yet, Al.
Fingers crossed!

👀

Albino badger in the snow.

Heffalump.

Morning, everyone. We're going to move this handsome beast and his entourage over to Classics now.

Good decision.

I just heard that someone has bought the Op's artwork for £23 million.

Cheap at twice the price!

Glad the mystery has been solved. My money was it being a Woozle.

A well deserved place in classics

Oh my word.... who snook in that

Brilliant thanks MNHQ
Well done @YellowJellyfish

Oh. My. Word!

Classics!

I'm honoured!

Do I get a badge or an invite to a secret chat room?

I've attached a lifelike selfie of me .... smiling!!

It can only be that Witch is jealous of OP's artistic genius.

OP, you can have my Brownie Wildlife Explorer badge - how about that?

Yay!
Thanks Hebe.

I will start the bidding for @YellowJellyfish selfie at one box of Malteser and a cat cuddle . . . . . . . . . .