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Wood, I have a female bengal cat. She's close enough to her original wild roots that she is the first generation to be considered a bengal when one is working strictly with hybrid stock. She marks territory using both traditional "tail wiggling" method seen in cats and leg hiking similar to that seen in the canid family. The second picture also has the same appearance of a cat caught in mid stride. Given that information and presuming that it is a mid-stride image, this places the creature into the feline genre. Taking head size in relation to body build and tail length, there is the potential that instead of a juvie cougar, one may be dealing with a hybrid bob / domestic cat. Explains the head size, the body type, and tail. It would also fit within the scale parameters.
Now.... if you look at the last image, there is evidence that it may indeed be a canid or a relative of some sort. Probably male at that. Check the area along the belly right in front of the leg. Considering the body build and the behavior displayed (appears to be in hunting mode with a lowering to the ground and slinking, much like a feline), this would make the creature a grey fox or coyote. Being more familiar with coyote than fox, I'd put money on the coyote here.
Decisions, decisions, decisions.... it's too cute to be possum, not rolypoly enough for coon, shading is off for red fox, and I do not see Bert & Ernie in the picture to prove Big Bird. Odds on favorite is coyote or grey fox but knowing the behaviors of felines, I'll reserve a 25% chance for hybrid bob and a 5% for a juvie feline (even tho size is really off unless it was the runt of the litter).