Mystery Animal Contest: Hello, Little Puffball

Mystery Animal: November 8, 2012 via Buzzfeed

So, here are the rules: To answer, follow us on Twitter and tweet at us with the hashtag #mysteryanimal. For example:

Hey @PopSci, is the #mysteryanimal a baboon?

And then I might say "if you think that's a baboon, perhaps you are the baboon!" But probably not, because this is a positive environment and all guesses are welcome and also this is not a very common animal so guess whatever you want!

The first person to get it right wins! We'll retweet the answer from @PopSci, and also update this post so your amazing animal knowledge will be permanently etched onto the internet. Show your kids! Your dumb kids who thought that was a baboon!

Update: And the winner is...@Aerocles, who correctly guessed the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, otherwise known as the momonga. "Momonga" in Japanese can actually refer to any flying squirrel, but often refers to this, the most adorable.