It was the size of a cat. Brown fluffy fur. I thought it was a beaver at first, which is weird because you don't usually (ever) see beavers in the middle of Toronto. But it had a long tail that looked like a rats tail. And it had webbed feet like a duck.

Could it have been a Nutria?

On it's back did it say good year? Sounds like road kill to me.

It was probably a nutria rat.

I just googled it. They even have webbed feet so it seems likely. Although according to this they are only in the Southern US and I live in Canada...

Its possible for one to get all the way to Canada I suppose. Maybe someone was foolish enough to try to keep it as a pet and it got loose, or it snuck in the back of a semi.

My dear, here is a link stating that there are colonies in canada.

Nutria

I believe that there are Nutria in every state in the US, except Hawaii, of course, and possibly Alaska. They seem to be very adaptive.

Are you sure it wasn't a Platypus(not that I really think it was, I just love saying the word Platypus)?

Lite the others, I'd guess Nutria or Muskrat. Muskrats are a bit more common up north.

never actually saw this so called nutria and muskrats. i live in the philippines. and i would like to see one on each sides and see the difference. i googled muskrats and nutria and i find them to be similar. guys how can you tell a nutria from a muskrats? just got curious all of a sudden

Actually, I think they're the same thing. We just call them Muskrats around here.

Muskrats have bigger and fatter tails and differnt is size............

There is another topic going on right now that also seems to be a nutria but it shows a picture. Go there and see if it looks similar.