House Cat Felis domesticus

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House Cat(Felis domesticus)

• Cat tracks show four toes on the front foot and
  four toes on the hind foot. Cats do not show
  their claws in their tracks because they are
  retractable. The two front toes in a cat track
  are not aligned right next to each other. The
  inner toe is set further out than the outer toe
  of the pair.

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Red Fox(Canidae)

• Red fox tracks show four toes and claws. The foot
  of the red fox is covered with hair, so toes can
  be indistinct. Red foxes have callous pads on
  their toes that sometimes show up in the prints.
  There is also a chevron-shaped callous pad on the
  heel pad of the foot. No other canine has this,
  which makes identification of the red fox track
  easier. There is usually a lot of space between
  the toes and the heel pad, making the track
  appear open.

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Domestic Dog(Canidae domesticus)

• The dog tracks are all similar with four toes and
  the nail showing with all of the toes. The heel
  has a distinctive outline and is similar to the
  domestic cat.

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Deer(Odocoileus virginianus)

•  Like narrow split hearts, pointed end forward,
  about 23" (5075 mm) long dewclaws may print as
  twin dots behind main prints in snow or soft mud.
  In shallow snow (1"/25 mm deep), buck may drag
  its feet, leaving drag marks ahead of prints in
  deeper snow, both buck and doe drag feet.
  Straddle 56" (125150 mm) wide. Stride, when
  walking, 1' (.3 m) when running, 6' (2 m) or
  more, and hindprints sometimes register ahead of
  foreprints when leaping, 20' (6 m). Well-used
  trails are very noticeable, with numerous prints
  and damaged vegetation.

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Squirrel(Felis domesticus)

• Their tracks show four toes on the front foot and
  five on the hind foot. Clear tracks may sometimes
  be found along river edges, where the animals
  come down to drink. Gray squirrels are not as
  common in campgrounds as Douglas' squirrels and
  chipmunks.

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Cottontail Rabbit(Sylvilagus floridanus)

• In clusters of 4. Foreprints almost round, about
  1" (25 mm) wide hindprints ahead of foreprints,
  oblong, about 34" (75100 mm) long, depending on
  size and speed of rabbit. When sitting or
  standing 2 hindprints side by side, just behind
  2 more closely spaced foreprints. When moving 1
  foreprint slightly ahead of the other hindprints
  ahead of foreprints, as forefeet act as fulcrums
  for hops. Hindprints relatively short when moving
  fast, as less of leg touches down. Straddle 45"
  (100125 mm) stride varies with speed.

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Pheasant

• Ring necked pheasants are sexually dimorphic.
  Their track shows a halux off to the side. Their
  front three toes are spread equally in the track.
  Since they have a low center of gravity,
  sometimes wind prints are seen in the snow where
  the animal has taken off.

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Canada Goose

• Sometimes the webbing doesnt show up in the
  track. So you have to look around for other
  tracks to determine the right bird.

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Crow

• Back toe drags long way in snow. Three toes in
  front, closer together than pheasant, and not
  equidistant.

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White-footed Deer Mouse(Peromyscus)

• Hindprints are 5/8" (1517 mm) long, with 5 toes
  showing foreprints smaller, with 4 toes both
  feet have outer toes pointing to the side.
  Hindprints are placed in front of foreprints.

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Skunk(Memphitis memphitis)

• 5 toes print when clear sometimes claws show.
  Foreprints 11 3/4" (2544 mm) long, slightly
  wider. Hindprints 1 1/4 2" (3250 mm) long,
  slightly narrower, broader at front somewhat
  flat-footed. Stride 46" (100150 mm). Because
  skunks shuffle and waddle, tracks are relatively
  close together, and foreprints and hindprints
  usually do not overlap. When animal is running,
  stride is longer, and hindfeet print ahead of
  forefeet. Trail undulates slightly because of
  waddling walk.

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Meadow Mouse/Vole(Microtus)

•  In light snow, hindprint 5/8" (16 mm) long, with
  5 toes printing foreprint 1/2" (13 mm) long,
  with 4 toes printing hindprints ahead of
  foreprints, with distance between individual
  walking prints 1/2 7/8" (1322 mm) straddle
  approximately 1 1/2" (37 mm). Print patterns vary
  greatly, but most often show as alternating
  series of tracks very close together. Jumping
  distances between tracks range from 1 3/4 to 4
  1/4" (45110 mm).

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Raccoon(Procyon lotor)

• Most human-like track in the Northeastern United
  States. Flat footed. Usually paired with the left
  hind foot placed beside the right forefoot as the
  animal walks along. Raccoon scats are often
  granular, range from black to reddish, sometimes
  bleached to white.

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Opossum(Didelphis marsupialis)

• In mud, hindprint approximately 2" (50 mm) wide,
  with 5 toes printing large, thumb-like toe
  slanted inward or backward, 3 middle toes close
  together, and remaining toe separate. Foreprint
  slightly smaller, with 5 toes printing in
  star-like fashion. Hindprints and foreprints
  parallel and close together straddle 4" (100
  mm) walking stride 7" (180 mm).