I don’t know if it’s a beaver or a muskrat.
Seen on garden pathway as it jumped/fluttered from ground to nearby Hosta foliage in the section of Battery Park called the Bosque, just E of the East Coast Memorial monument. Specimen destroyed.
Report submitted to NYS AGM Spotted Lanternfly Response Team New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Division of Plant Industry 10B Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12235 http://www.agriculture.ny.gov spottedlanternfly@agriculture.ny.gov