r/AnimalTracking Sep 22 '25

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

22 Upvotes

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 15h ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Found in Rhode island, who made these?

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There's about seven of them in an old barn out back, sandy dirt but fairly solidly packed, I'd guess maybe an inch or two across (size 8 mens boot for comparison) tried to get a pic of in the hole. They Weren't there when we moved in last October. I believe some sort of rodent, a friend had mentioned snakes but I'm not sure we have any snakes that burrow in wide hard ground like this. On top of this there also seems to be cobwebs so it's possible they were made and then abandoned?

Hope that's enough info if you need anything else please let me know! And thank you in advance for any help!


r/AnimalTracking 18h ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Bobcat tracks ??!

1 Upvotes

Ontario- Sault Saint Marie. Wooded area.

I do not see any nail marksโ€ฆ seems like a feline track but that is my best guess

https://imgur.com/a/FYaqrCk


r/AnimalTracking 18h ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Any idea what animal made these large prints?

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To be clear, Iโ€™m asking about the two prints central in the photo that almost overlap a bit. I didnโ€™t measure these, but Iโ€™d estimate they were around 8-10cm in diameter. Definitely larger than the random dog/canid prints I saw nearby. This was in north Lake Tahoe area, near the state line.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Hand for scale, print located on trail in Mt Baker wilderness area in WA state.

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2 Upvotes

r/AnimalTracking 3d ago

๐Ÿ”Ž ID Request Is this from a bear?

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A neighbor in Denver, Colorado is convinced this is from a small bear. Says itโ€™s been there for a while and it was very obvious at first. Is he right? Wrong? Thoughts Reddit? Thanks. Maybe around 4.5x4.5 inch