Reasonably sure this is a dear
With the loan of a wildlife camera, we finally IDed the owner of a small den on a slope in our yard behind some ceanothus. Lots of loquat pits from our tree in the entryway...
Fourth opossum I’ve seen the last few weeks around the houses. Took a few photos before I left it undisturbed.
About 3 feet by 6 feet.
Unbothered by mine and my 35 lb leashed dog. No interest in approaching but no apparent fear either. I am visiting my relative, and when I described the dock tailed coyote, she’d told me neighbors have seen it before. Didn’t get a chance to sex it, but I’m comforted by its apparent habituation not graduating into food conditioning yet