WTFI/WT?

Not sure I want to know what the fuck this is/was, but there it was on the sidewalk, all furry.

Closer examination (of the photo; I got no nearer than necessary in so-called real life) suggests maybe a seed pod, but that fuzz throws me. Certainly is rodent-sized though, four to five inches stem to stern. Maybe 10-13ish cm. to the iNternational (or, as we like to call them, civilized) audience.