[TN-Bird] unusual rodent

We have at least two squirrel or squirrel-like animals in a pasture near our 
home.
Body color like Yellow-bellied Marmot, but white nose and ears instead of 
shoulder patches
Look and act like large squirrels  
Stay on the ground, in pasture grass. Once one climbed a tree, but they usually 
leave by going up White Oak Mountain into the wooded area.

Best guess is escaped exotic pets; they are not far from houses,- but they 
avoid the houses and seem more wary of us than would be expected of former pets.

If you have any suggestions, or know who we could contact for help or 
information, please let me know.

Knowing that this is tn-BIRD we note these observations only as part of our 
observation of nearby Crows, Bluebirds, House Finches, etc.

David & Gloria Patterson
Houston Lane, Chattanooga
Hamilton County

October 30, 2007
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