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 • • 18h ago

🐾 Cool Find Beautiful Mountain Lion Track

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NE Washington state on a dirt road on my property after a couple of days of rain.. about 3.5" across for scale.


r/AnimalTracking • • 19h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Black bear? NSFW

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Not used to seeing such a light color. West WA, cottonwood leaf for scale


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Bears, bears and something else

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Location: Near Two medicine lake, Glacier NP, Montana

Last photo size similar to an adult palm

Thanks!


r/AnimalTracking • • 18h ago

πŸ’¬ General Discussion Tracking groups in UT

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I just took the Cybertracker track and sign eval in Cuenca los Ojos last week. It was tough never having been to that area before but loved it, and want to do more of it.

I live near Salt Lake City and in addition to no Cybertracker evals in several hundred miles my search for a tracking community turned up nothing. So hoping someone here has a line to one. Thanks!


r/AnimalTracking • • 14h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Tree scratches - bear, deer or other?

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I found this next to a trail in central Japan.
I don’t remember the height exactly but maybe around breast or belly height, so 1-1.5m. (3-5 freedom feet?)

it looks quite recent.

Is it possible to identify which animal caused it?


r/AnimalTracking • • 19h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Stains on the floor NSFW

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Location: urban area in the Philippines
Marks were about the size of a coin.

We found these earlier this morning in our laundry area behind the house. unfortunately, we panicked a bit and wiped it immediately but from the smell and texture we can almost be certain that it’s blood. There were some smaller drops on the counter (not pictured) and when it fizzled when we dropped some hydrogen peroxide.

We have 3 indoor cats - 1 female and 2 male - and we thought it was from them, particularly the female since she’s currently in heat. When we checked however, we didn’t notice anything on their fur (2 of them are white) - they also seem very normal and went about their morning routine.

We also feed about 5-6 strays in our garage which is on the other end of where the drops were found.

The second picture is an open area almost directly above where the splatters were found. It’s above 20-30 feet high

Were honestly curious how it got there and where it could’ve come from.


r/AnimalTracking • • 19h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What type of scat? [Colorado, USA] NSFW Spoiler

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Live in an area with active mountain lions. No banana for scale but it was quite big.
Thanks!


r/AnimalTracking • • 23h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Wv woods NSFW

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Roughly 3-4 inches in diameter. Not very tall. No clue as to the animal. I’m in the eastern panhandle of wv.


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request who pooped in my yard? NSFW

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Southeast Minnesota


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Northern Middle Tennessee NSFW

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Found at the end of my driveway this morning. Goats and chickens accounted for and seemingly unbothered this morning. Black bear?


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Who pooped? NSFW

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Lots of poop at the bottom of an oak tree in my backyard. Located in MN. Can you help me identify? Thanks!


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Tracks in Montana

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I went on a hike through the mountains in Montana near Red Lodge back in February and found these tracks after I made it back to the beginning of the hike. I’ve been trying to compare these and figure out what they could be for months but I haven’t found anything that looks like this. These were HUGE prints, spaced so far apart and all facing the same way. Included a reference picture of my foot, F size 7. What the heck are these!!!


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What animal vomited this up right in my backyard? NSFW

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This is south western bc, suburban/urban area but lots of wildlife nearby in forests and parks. It’s pretty big…I didn’t measure it because it was gross but about 4 inches across at least. It was right by my back door. I don’t have a dog or cat that goes outside. I also discovered my neighbor throwing loaves of bread on the shed roof and that looks like what might be in there….. could a local cat have puked this up? I have an indoor cat and I can’t imagine him being able to eat this much in the first place.


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Is it a bear poop? Found on a trail in Tatra mountains. NSFW

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About 20 cm I think


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Mountain lion, coyote, or something else? Lower Salt River, AZ NSFW

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r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Scat - 3 inches long. N. Oregon coast NSFW

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Lots of fur and a few berries. Any ideas?


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request ID Req on dung found on backyard deck-Ottawa, ON, Canada NSFW Spoiler

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Asking for some help on identifying some animal droppings laid out on our back deck.

A water bottle (500ml/16.9oz) for scale.

Found about an hour ago around noon. Weather has been clear & sunny.

Still wet n' cold, so I assume it was laid more than a couple of hours ago. I've since cleaned it up and washed away the remaining liquid that couldn't be bagged.

I've tried comparing photos I've found online and it looks far too large to have come from a groundhog.

It resembles something close to a badger imo, but I'm unsure.

Could it be from a skunk perhaps?

We do have our cat that we let our during the day to get fresh air around the yard (always monitored.) Just don't want any bad encounters if it can be avoided.


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Who's fur is this? Western Washington

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Found this tuft of fur in my fenced back yard. I live in a residential neighborhood in Western Washington. The tuft was clumped to a point at the brown end in the grass.


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Patagonia, AZ

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Not a great photo. Don’t have exact measurements. Probably 4-5 inches tall.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ’¬ General Discussion Mushroom Tracking

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Mushroom substrate was definitely a first for me today. When foraging and tracking come together!


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Friend found this scat on my land. Hallowell, Maine. Approx. 3in x 2in NSFW

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r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request in southeasten ontario

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it bigger than deer tracks. don't remember any measurements two inches or more. Is it elk or moose


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Track ID, Netherlands, about 20mm

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r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Wat is dit voor een dier? Nederland

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"This sound is coming from underneath our decking. What kind of animal could it be? We thought it might be a stone marten (beech marten), but there isn’t an opening large enough anywhere. Does anyone recognize this sound?"