This is a strepsirrhine primate of the order Lemuroidea, known as Aquatilis Tentaculum, and more colloquially as the Tentacled Sea Lemur. This photo was taken by Dr. Burglar Toad's son, Dr. Doctor Burglar Toad, DVM, as he walked along the shore of his childhood home of Innsmouth. Seen here with a mouthful of seaweed and twigs, you can clearly note its dorsal tentacles reaching around the left side of its body. While it was first encountered in the ocean surf and fully capable of life underwater, it is adapted to both salt and fresh water, and spends much of its time on land scavenging for decomposed plant matter on which to feed. It has soft, dense fur that has remarkable water resistant properties, and fishermen in Innsmouth use a sort of felted Sea Lemur "wool" to line the insides of their workboots.
(Photo generated in Artbreeder.)
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