r/AnimalTracking • • Sep 22 '25

๐Ÿ“ฃ Announcement READ BEFORE POSTING: How to request an identification

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So, you want to know who pooped on your porch or walked all over your car? Let's find out!

Notes:

  1. To preserve your privacy and protect endangered species a rough location is plenty (ie. western MA).
  2. 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 • • 7h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ General Discussion Is this from the same Elk

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r/AnimalTracking • • 17h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ General Discussion What animal is this?

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Can anyone tell me what you think this animal is? I am in Markham Ont. At first thought I think it's a racoon but the tail looks pretty short. Appreciate any input. โ€‹โ€‹I am in ontario thx. โ€‹


r/AnimalTracking • • 13h ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Bobcat tracks?

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Do these looks like bobcat tracks? In rural mid Nebraska


r/AnimalTracking • • 17h ago

๐Ÿพ Cool Find Itโ€™s the circle, tell โ€˜em Simba

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This field burnt in the spring. All of this grass was rebound. The animals prefer it. Like a magnet. Big bonus if you guess the last one.


r/AnimalTracking • • 14h ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Bear or no bear?

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Hey! Wer von euch kann sagen, welches Tier hinter diesen Fรคhrten steckt? Sind sie von einem Braunbรคren oder kann das nicht sein und ich bilde mir das nur ein? Hab sie gestern in den Kรคrntner Alpen entdeckt. Leider nur diese zwei.
Danke schon mal fรผr jede hilfreiche Info. Lg Tom


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

๐Ÿพ Cool Find The world of the white weasel

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r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Mountain Lion - Central Colorado, 7000โ€™

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Now that deer and elk season is in full effect I believe the predators are coming into these areas to scavenge the leftovers. These were found about a half mile into BLM land that borders a neighborhood. Rock for scale as I forgot my tape measure.


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

๐Ÿงฉ Puzzle How many species can you ID? (urban wet sand, North America)

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r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request beaver tracks?

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found in northern nj i donโ€™t have an exact size estimate but i feel like with all the leaf litter you can tell the scale. thereโ€™s also a little dam right next to the tracks.


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Ouachita National Forest (Central Arkansas) found on an old logging trail. Several disturbances nearby. Had no smell. Opened this up and was soft/mushy. ChatGPT says it's a fungus, but zooming in appears to have what might be nuts inside.

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r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Animal track radium bc

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Spotted close to Radium in BC.
Any idea what it could be? Itโ€™s quitebig so donโ€™t think a dog! (Size comparison my footprint next to it)


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request On a trail in Lutz, Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Maybe 4 in long.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request By my driveway this morning

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Western Colorado, after last nightโ€™s heavy rain. Bear?


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Odd tracks on my pollen covered rural Oregon driveway. No typical prints, more of a foot drag. Visibility best under flashlight. Any ideas?

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Each "print" is maybe 3in/8cm long, with some longer.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request [ID Request] Black bear or boot print? Northern Wisconsin

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My boot is size 13. The smaller impression was separate, the large print had a heel going back to about where mine was. Iโ€™m wondering if this was a monster black bear or just someoneโ€™s size 15 boot.


r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Who left these cute tracks?

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Seen in NW Oregon, USA. The shoe print next to it is approximately a size 10 M US.


r/AnimalTracking • • 6d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request This morningโ€™s tracks. Central Colorado

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It looks like I got to share the trail with a black bear and maybe a young mountain lion. Let me know if you feel differently about the cat tracks. They are about 3.5โ€ to 4โ€ from toe to heel.


r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request What is digging in my yard?

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My husband and I came across this patch under our deck that has been dug. Itโ€™s about 1.5-2ft long by 6inches wide. Maybe 5 inches deep. We found what looks like a cat foot print, but the dug out spot looks very unlike something a cat would do. There is nothing left behind in the hole. We are stumped.
Foot print is roughly the size of a half dollar coin.
In central Minnesota.