Anyhow - as I've not seen many millennium ferrets (or was it a century mongoose?) about, after seeing this little bastard I squealed, "OMFG - Devil rat!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_rat
EDIT - thanks for the proper link - I'm not having that much luck with it so far
Seen anything that looks awakened in your locale?
(Note: Australian fauna and flora are disqualified. We've been exporting weird since 1680)
-Tir
ps: the damn thing looks cute. Just not that cuddly....