What kind of hair?

[MysteryChicken]

It's raccoon, stripes, & length is key clue. It can also be red fox in winter fur. Racoons can have dun colored tails.
Here's a striped fox tail my dad bought me years ago:

 

[Henry&Friends]

We don’t have any red/orange dogs but we do have a lot orangish squirrels around. Is there anyway it could be fox.. I would hate that.

this is a picture of fox fur off google, it might be.

this is raccoon fur from google images too... I think it could be either of these, or hopefully squirrel

 

[savvychickz]

It's raccoon, stripes, & length is key clue. It can also be red fox in winter fur. Racoons can have dun colored tails.
Here's a striped fox tail my dad bought me years ago: View attachment 1985098

So what do you believe it might be?

 

[MysteryChicken]

So what do you believe it might be?

Raccon with a dun tail. Image from internet.

 

[nuthatched]

Heres a question, how long is it?
The thing is, that foxes and coons both have softer fur and wooly undercoats this time of year, without feeling it, I can't say for sure.

 

[2 many chickens]

Squirell. Probably got snagged by a hawk or something.

 

[savvychickz]

definitely not the best at measuring, but from the skin to the top it’s about 7 cm.

 

[savvychickz]

Well, re feeling it, it seems a bit soft, but also course at the same time ugh.

 

[nuthatched]

Based on the photos and you saying it's softer under neath, I think it's either coon or Squirrel, there's a chance it could be fox (i don't know where you live) but seeing that clump was down the roots, there's not enough wooliness to be fox. Fox has smooth guard hairs, can I say for certain? no, not without seeing it come off the beast, lol.
but I'm leaning toward coon or squirrel. Could even be a deer!

 

[savvychickz]

Based on the photos and you saying it's softer under neath, I think it's either coon or Squirrel, there's a chance it could be fox (i don't know where you live) but seeing that clump was down the roots, there's not enough wooliness to be fox. Fox has smooth guard hairs, can I say for certain? no, not without seeing it come off the beast, lol.
but I'm leaning toward coon or squirrel. Could even be a deer!

I live in Michigan down by the Indiana border, we have occasional raccoons, possums (my dog loves to kill them), deer everywhere, and squirrels everywhere too.