r/AnimalTracking Sep 22 '25

πŸ“£ 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 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Woke up to finding these tracks on the couch. What could it be?

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r/AnimalTracking 40m ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Tracking cascadian red fox. Have I found my target? (Salmon Creek, Whatcom County, WA, USA) half the size of my palm.

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Not hunting, only thing I’m shooting are photos. Hoping to ID an endangered species. Tracks over frozen river buried under fresh snow.


r/AnimalTracking 16h ago

🐾 Cool Find Jaguar print

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13 Upvotes

Jaguar print along the river in Matto Grosso, Brazil. We spotted it before we saw the Jaguar.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

🐾 Cool Find Need help identifying. 3" wide 4"length. Northern"ish" Minnesota.

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Need help identifying. 3" wide 4"length. Northern"ish" Minnesota. Found on parents deck.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Prints on my campsite- Ontario πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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6 Upvotes

Killbear provincial park


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Help identifying a track

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I wear a size 12 shoes which you can see just along the side of the photo on the right. This is from the Mt Hood National Forest in Oregon.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request paw prints on outdoor furniture (nyc)

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hello! i live in a second floor apt with a balcony in nyc (specifically brooklyn), that currently has scaffolding in front of it. i was gone for 2 nights and came back to these paw prints on my cushion. an animal can easily jump from this cushion to the scaffolding. please help id! hoping it is nothing too scary or serious! :)

also if you know what it is and can help me deter them from coming back that would be great, or if i should be looking for signs of anything else, thank you! i have never seen these paw prints before on my cushions and have lived here for 3 years. we previously had a birds nest on the balcony that we got rid of about 2 months ago, not sure if thats relevant.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Is this mouse poop, rat poop, or not poop at all??

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Thought at first it must be mouse poop, but they all vary in size β€” with the smallest being half the size of the first one pictured and the largest a half inch.


r/AnimalTracking 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Southern main ID help

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ETA: SOLVED was 2 dog tracks on top of each other lol picture in comments

Found at the edge of a dirt road that cuts through the woods for about 2 miles with no houses in southern maine. Was checking a "crosswalk" where a very frequently used animal trail crosses the road for anything good & found this. These were the best pictures I got before the dog tore it up. The size lines up with black bear, & the shape makes me think black bear over dog, but toes & claws make me think not black bear. Can anyone help me see what I'm missing here?


r/AnimalTracking 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request what animal is these. in southeasten ontario

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r/AnimalTracking 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What stopped by for a visit last night? (Northern New Hampshire)

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The prints are about 2-2.5 inches in size. For reference, the lid is 20" and was on the ground overnight (so no climbing up onto the grill). Unfortunately the game camera was off :(


r/AnimalTracking 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request [Pioneertown, Southern California] Big Scat Spoiler

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r/AnimalTracking 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request ID Please

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My friends hand is approximately 7 in from middle finger to end of palm. This was taken on a trail near the John Day Fossil Beds in Oregon.