Originally Posted by nerdsgirth
My first thought was small groundhog for sure.... but is that it's black furry tail to its left? groundhogs don't have tails like that. Possums have hairless tails I think. Lets see some urban guidebook schematics!
It's definitely not a possum as per the furry tail and it's too big for a vole or shrew, which are more or less mouse sized. Ground hogs don't have the big furry tail. I was thinking it may be an escaped or abandoned pet of some kind, like a largish chinchilla.