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 • • 23h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Human? Black bear? Other? (DeLeon Springs, FL)

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Was walking along Woodruff Wildlife Refuge when I stumbled upon these tracks. What left them?


r/AnimalTracking • • 16h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request PNW [WA, USA] scat ID request Spoiler

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Found this on a fairly remote trail through a small river canyon in the Gifford Pinchot. In the half dozen or so times I've hike this area I've never seen scat from anything larger than a rodent and never seen anything larger than fishers and martins even though this area can have much larger mammals.

This was gray in a way I've never seen from bears or coyotes. I'm guessing cougar, but maybe a fat raccoon? No noticable berries, seeds, fur, or bones. Very little human presence for 10+ miles in any direction from this find. Berries have died off though mushrooms are at their peak and still trout in the river.

Main piece was around 4 inches long (probably 6" total) and a bit over 1" in diameter. No tracks or other scat found. Note that the bit beneath the longest piece in the first picture is stone. One long and two small pieces. All pretty uniform.


r/AnimalTracking • • 19h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Moose?

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Southern Vermont, size 12 shoe


r/AnimalTracking • • 23h ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Something pooped at my door NSFW

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woke up to this great gift right outside my patio door. Gated backyard, so whatever it was jumped the fence. Just outside GTA , Ontario Canada! Sometimes I see bunnies under the deck, so I think something was lurking around!


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Please help ID - Southern NB Canada NSFW

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Can anyone share some insight? It’s about the size of my hand. We have black bears in the deep woods of central NB but I’ve never seen any in my area. Thanks in advance!


r/AnimalTracking • • 1d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request never seen anything like this before NSFW

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Maybe 9 inches wide? Not very thick/deep. No flies or anything on it. North Cascades, WA.


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Canine or feline?

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1.5”-2” New York. Seems to be domestic dog but I can’t tell the distinct features.


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Mice poop or soil? NSFW

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Noticed these brown pieces on the sofa today next to my snake plant. Are they mice poop or soil? It’s on the sofa headboard. We have not noticed any similar β€˜droppings’ by the kitchen/counter.


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Who could have dropped this plop?! NSFW

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Located in southeastern Ohio...Patrick charm for size reference 😭


r/AnimalTracking • • 2d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What kind of animal could have done this

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Just found these marks on our maple tree. Looks like claws have shred the bark. Located interior BC. Some marks are 10cm appart some are 20cm?


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Poop at the park? A lot of it (NSFW) NSFW

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Found this pile of poop at the local park in Newark, CA. Looks more like livestock poop than from a dog, but maybe a β€œshit ton” of raccoons? (Zing!)

Like, it would have to be the biggest dog I’ve ever seen.

Someone host a petting zoo maybe? What is it?


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Scat, central Virginia (Appalachians) NSFW

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r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Who's been hanging out on my dock on a river?Eastern Ontario NSFW

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I suspect beaver but it's pretty large for beaver turds. Maybe coyote? We have a ton of them around.


r/AnimalTracking • • 3d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Track and scat ID? NSFW

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Can anyone id? Hand and fingers included for scale. Rural Central TX. Found all of these tracks this morning after my dogs were barking throughout the night. I searched around and found the poop nearby along a fence line, it has grasshopper legs, maybe a seed? And some other plant matter. May or may not be from the same animal(s), I’m not sure. This pasture only holds some cows


r/AnimalTracking • • 4d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Purple poop ID NSFW

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My partner is on a hike near Sommen Lake in Sweden, and they found this poop that was very purple and contained quite a few undigested berries.
The whole thing was about 10 cm in diameter - there is a gloved finger in the left side of the photo that might indicate scale.

The woods is mainly birch and fir trees, and (maybe obviously) lots of blueberries and other berries in the area.

Hope you can help!


r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Big brownie?

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23 Upvotes

Track found on lake shore in Alaska, toddler for reference.


r/AnimalTracking • • 6d ago

πŸ’¬ General Discussion What’s up with this possum?

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289 Upvotes

Specifically its tail! Never seen this before.


r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request What are these? Finding all over kitchen NSFW

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Hi yall,

We've been dealing with a mouse and roach problem all summer at my apartment. We're slowly getting it in check, but I've recently been finding these...whatever they are all around the kitchen.

They're these brown, slightly translucent pod like things. I've found them in the counter top, on the ground beneath or cabinets and one in the cabinet. Theyre anywhere from half an inch to an inch long, some have been maybe like an inch and a half long. I'm assuming it's some kinda animal poop, but this doesn't look anything like the mouse droppings we've found, so im worried we've got a whole new problem going on. I live in queens New York if that helps.

Thank you!! This is driving me crazy!!


r/AnimalTracking • • 5d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Any idea who could have done this?

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An animal ate the rubber sealing under my garage door last night in Los Angeles . The rubber pieces seem big to me, but I have no idea nor context if that’s accurate. Any idea who could do this?


r/AnimalTracking • • 6d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Any idea who this belongs to? Found in the Netherlands NSFW

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4 Upvotes

Approximately 10-15 cm in length (hand for scale)


r/AnimalTracking • • 6d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Fox scat? 3-4 inches long, Oakland County, MI NSFW

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I’m a wildlife photographer and would love to know what kind of scat this is y’all! Thank you.


r/AnimalTracking • • 7d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Who was dining on my figs last night? NW Arkansas NSFW

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The second photo has a 12”x12” paver for scale.

Was this an opossum? Raccoon? Something else?


r/AnimalTracking • • 7d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Biggest pile of scat locally NSFW

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I live in the Tampa Bay region of Florida, USA, in a very densely populated county. My neighborhood does have some small parks around it. I found it in a wetland mitigation area. I have seen coyotes and raccoons here but I have seen raccoon poop and never have seen it like this, usually that has berries/seeds or at least what ive see. I would love to know what other cool critters could he here if there are any!

Size scale is as long as my size 7.5 womens shoe, as tall, and wider. Each poo is about dumpling sized lol


r/AnimalTracking • • 7d ago

πŸ”Ž ID Request Recurring (?) Mystery Visitor - Central Oklahoma USA

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Who keeps visiting my mom? The white muddy tracks and the red muddy tracks are from two seperate visits. Tracks are roughly the size of a US Quarter. (Scale in one photo.) Mom doesn't keep any kind of food - animal or otherwise - on her back porch.

(Posting from mobile... hoping the images are actually attached and attached only once.)