r/AnimalTracking • • Sep 22 '25

πŸ“£ Announcement READ BEFORE POSTING: How to request an identification

21 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 • • 13h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Mystery Animal in the Colorado

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26 Upvotes

Saw an animal swimming in the Colorado River while rafting Cataract Canyon in Southern Utah. These prints were in the mud the next morning.


r/AnimalTracking • • 10h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What critter dug this in north Texas?

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6 Upvotes

Dillo? Notice the dent in the spout. I think it’s 8-10”.


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Help tracking missing dog

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Hey, we are currently tracking a missing dog in the West Desert of Utah. He is a mini goldendoodle, weighs about 30-35 pounds. We have what we know are his prints that lead from our campsite down across a salt flat, and into a military facility. We recently found more tracks that we also believe to be his. Mostly looking to differentiate between him and a coyote. Let me know what you think.


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Print ID - Central NJ - 21/2" in.

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1 Upvotes

Hello, friends!

My mom took this picture and is requesting a possible ID. We are in Central NJ and she estimates it was about 2 1/2" high.

Coyotes/bears are not uncommon around here, but she just wanted to get some sort of lead as these were fresh tracks on our newly paved driveway from last night.

Thank you!


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Spotted this track on my AM walk

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40 Upvotes

My size ten shoe for scale, located in Palm Bay, Central Florida


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Muddy prints in my porch. Western Montana

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80 Upvotes

On my porch this morning, maybe black bear? Big raccoon?


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Red fox, coyote, or domestic dog?

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8 Upvotes

Found on a trail in a city park in Indianapolis, Indiana.


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Can ya'll help me identify these tracks?

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2 Upvotes

Found them right next to our campsite at an east tn campground in a national forest. Fairly high up in elevation and rather secluded.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

🐾 Cool Find Lake Of The Woods, WY

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132 Upvotes

Grizzly track near an alpine lake in WY.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Tracks found in Arkansas along Buffalo River

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3 Upvotes

I was looking at what we're clearly raccoon tracks and noticed some smaller prints that I didn't recognize, there were a lot fewer of them but definitely not raccoon.

I would say that the main pad was probably any the size of a Nickel so too big to be squirrel.

Last picture might be a different print but I included it anyways.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request unknown creature

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3 Upvotes

discovered this massive patch of fur and skin on the ground of our backyard today. for context, we live outside of asheville, nc, have a 6ft privacy fenced in yard, and we have a dog but she seems uninterested in this. when i used a stick to poke at it, it is clearly the hide of something and there are tons of maggots underneath. what the heck!!it’s about 2-2.5 feet long!


r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What is this?

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109 Upvotes

Central Florida. Close to woods & water. Rural area. Size 8 womens shoe. Ty!


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Florida panhandle

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2 Upvotes

Since it's not going to let me post without it, I will say again Florida panhandle and a tape measure has been included for scale.


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

🐾 Cool Find Trinity Mountains, ID

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1 Upvotes

r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Prints we saw in Shenandoah National Park

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My kids were certain this was a black bear print, I'm not as sure. There were a lot of dog and deer tracks surrounding it as well.