Dallas Stars new mascot is a ... thing?

The Dallas Stars unveiled a new mascot named Victor E. Green for the new season, and he is pretty difficult to classify.

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Meet the newest member of the #Stars family: Victor E. Green! pic.twitter.com/0YOKfYsnkg
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) September 13, 2014

Some fans took to Twitter to try to suss out exactly what Victor is.

So... a living mulch pile? RT @DallasStars: Meet the newest member of the #Stars family: Victor E. Green! pic.twitter.com/t6a1AfMMuJ
— Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) September 13, 2014

It's like The Grinch and Oscar the Grouch had a baby. MT @DallasStars: Meet the new #Stars mascot: Victor E. Green! pic.twitter.com/ENbDrjcbTZ
— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin9) September 13, 2014

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Luckily, Extra Mustard has used its extensive knowledge of mascot taxonomy to discover Victor E. Green's exact DNA and he is two parts Phillie Phanatic, one part Fraggle. You are welcome.

• GALLERY: NCAA TOP REAL ANIMAL MASCOTS

NCAA's Top Real Animal Mascots

On Tuesday, the Washington Huskies coaching staff brought a special guest to practice, a 16-month old Bengal tiger named Sheena. Washington is set to play at No. 3 LSU on Saturday and the coaches wanted to prepare the team for Mike the Tiger, LSU's live animal mascot. KJR reporter Curtis Crabtree posted this photo of Sheena to his Twitter feed. In honor of the resourceful Huskies coaching staff, here's a collection of the NCAA's top real animal mascots. If you have any comments or suggestions of mascots we left out, send them to SIWriters@simail.com.

Dallas Stars new mascot is a ... thing?

NCAA's Top Real Animal Mascots

Uga VIII

Rameses

Bevo

Sir Big Spur

Ralphie

Butler Blue

Tusk II

The Falcon (with Bill Parcells)

Reveille VIII

Mike VI

Cam The Ram

Bully

Smokey IX

Bill (XXXIII) the Goat

Handsome Dan

Boomer and Sooner

Traveler

Peruna VII

Lady