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[Jack Denbow]

I caught this critter on a trail camera early last Tuesday. I thought bear cub but the tail is not right. I thought maybe cat but the face is not right.
What do you think it is?

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[Machino]

Definitely a bear cub.  Looks like he's dragging his left foot behind and "appears" like a tail.

[Steelhead]

Its the extemely rare longtailed bear.An evolutionary throwback that shows itself here and their on a miniscule # of contemporary bears.I have only seen one other one in a rare picture on the cover of National geographic decades ago.That created quite a stir in the scientific community.

Fake news
Machino nailed it.Its the leg blending in and looks like a tail.

[Pat B]

Looks like a baby chupacabria.  RUN!!!   

[Pine]

  That's a wakalar !
Your lucky it's not full grown, but where's the mama? 

[Alvey]

Believe that's his left leg

[Yooper-traveler]

It's a bear.  That's his left leg. 

[blacktailbob]

SEE! That's what inbreeding in then hills causes.
What's next?

[Terry Green]

Bear with long stride.

[goobersan]

Black raccoon

[The Whittler]

Kit

[KentuckyWolf]

Yup. Melanistic raccoon. Rare. Had an uncle that coon hunted a lot, and he had stories of  few of black (melanistic) raccoons and a few white (albino) raccoons too.

[Possum Head]

I thought coon but the snout said cub

[TIM B]

Agree coon.....
Tim B

[Sockrsblur]

That's a good one Jack! Fun photo 

[Trenton G.]

I agree about the black coon.

[Machino]

Even melanistic raccoons have lighter ears, a mask of sort, and faint rings.  And I've laid hands on one that I caught in PA a long time ago.  You can faintly make out the foot pad on the left leg of the bear.  The face looks nothing like a coon as well.  But that's like my opinion.

[KentuckyWolf]

Jack

Is that the only pic?

[Jack Denbow]

Yep that is the only picture. There are quite a few bears in the area but they have a sixth sense for avoiding cameras and me as well, LOL. I think I am leaning toward a bear cub.
Here is one of the rare pictures of a daylight bear. He is standing in the spot where I shot a deer last fall.
Jack

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[John Cholin]

I vote for a bear cub in mid-stride with left leg extended back.  But what do I know- I'm from New Jersey?

JMC