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The ahuizotl is a legendary creature in Aztec mythology. It is said to lure people to their deaths. The creature was taken as a mascot by the ruler of the same name, and was said to be a "friend of the rain gods". The ahuizotl is most likely a water opossum, which possesses dexterous hands “like a raccoon’s” or a monkey’s, as well as a prehensile tail , waterproof marbled black and grey fur, and small pointed ears.
The conquistador Hernán Cortés once reported to the King of Castile that one of his men had been killed by an ahuizotl.
The name of the revolutionary anti-porfirist periodical El Hijo del Ahuizote is in reference to the ahuízotl.
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