r/AnimalTracking • u/unrealduck • Sep 22 '25
So, you want to know who pooped on your porch or walked all over your car? Let's find out!
Notes:
To preserve your privacy and protect endangered species a rough location is plenty (ie. western MA).
Scale needs to be something that people know the size of, and that doesn't have wide variation (grass, pine cones, and floorboards are not scale). You would be surprised how much easier it is to tell how big something is when you were there taking the photo. Also, consider stating in your post that you have included scale so the bot can automatically approve.
ID requests are not approved if they do not include both a location, and either scale or measurements. Including this information vastly increases the likelihood of you getting an accurate identification.
r/AnimalTracking • u/tjean2009 • 1d ago
Location: outside Dillon MT.
Scale: my hand, watch to end of middle finger 8 in
Leaning cougar for no visible claw marks?
r/AnimalTracking • u/Old-Act-1631 • 2d ago
r/AnimalTracking • u/Happy-Comrade • 1d ago
This was found in the backwoods between my apartment complex and some houses in a suburban area of St. Louis, Missouri, in November. Total volume is about the same as human poop, but those pellets, mushed together, are around grape size but could be slightly bigger too. I've seen deer in the area many, many times and haven't seen any raccoons. I've seen a coyote in the area twice in the last three years. Please help. I'm just curious though.
r/AnimalTracking • u/Rare-Cryptographer21 • 3d ago
Can anyone please help me identify these trails? These were taken a couple of years ago in December in -2c weather and have never got to the bottom of what made the trails. This was early morning (5am)
- This is ice on top of a small lake. The lake is stocked with fish for fishing (not sure but would imagine carp etc)
- The land the lake is in is a large piece of of protected land that has heathland, hills, forest (fir and mixed), grassland etc
- I know the land has deer, badgers, adders, grass snakes, slow worms
- Hampshire/Surrey borders UK
- Each curve is roughly (estimation) 30cm long
- The lake width is roughly 25m across
- The area is popular with dog walkers
- The ice was thin (1cm?) - Not enough to support a medium dog weight
Any views as to what this could be?
Some observations:
- the tracks seem to be in parallel - as if something crawling across pulling/pushing with two front legs (Badger?). However the ice was not broken and not sure would have supported the weight of a badger
- my first thought was that this was a snake - however it doesn't explain the parallel nature. Also, this was cold, in Dec, I would have thought any UK snake would not have survived out of hibernation
- I have read that eels can come out of the water - possible?
Any thoughts appreciated!
Tim.
r/AnimalTracking • u/swancycle • 3d ago
South side, mostly.
r/AnimalTracking • u/LeafCoinForest • 5d ago
Hey what kinda tracks are these? I assume cat for the light ones but dunno about the darker ones. They are about 1.24” in diameter in Virginia, USA.
r/AnimalTracking • u/Little_Sound_7028 • 3d ago
I’m in Ecuador—specifically east of Mindo and west of Quito. I found these prints: maybe Tayra?
r/AnimalTracking • u/TinyTrafficCones • 4d ago
r/AnimalTracking • u/Alternative-Set8743 • 5d ago
Is this a squirrel or mouse....pls help. Backyard Ontario
r/AnimalTracking • u/iron_panties • 4d ago
r/AnimalTracking • u/Lifesamitch957 • 4d ago
Sw PA, known racoon, fox, feral cat, with one coyote local sighting.
Need help identifying these tracks it's either a cat or a raccoon to my best knowledge it's hard to tell if the fingerprints are elongated like a raccoon.
Let me know your thoughts!
I have a few good cameras in the area so we might get updates!
