What Animal Mammal Made This Track?

Now, let's do Mammal Animal Tracking!

Let's start by identifying Mammals whose common names begin with the letter B. As in Beaver. The American Beaver. Click each picture to enlarge it for a better visual.

Track Measurements

Front track measures in inches, on average, 2 7/8" to 3 7/8" long and 3 1/2" wide.

Hind track measures in inches on average, 5" to 7"  long by 3 1/4"  to 5 1/4" wide.

Tracking Beaver questions

If you want to play along, please leave your answers and comments in the comment section below.

1. What type of habitat would you visit to find beaver tracks?
2. How many toes or digits do beavers have? Four or Five?
3. Can you guess by looking at my photographs?
4. What is the beaver doing in the video?
5. What do beavers eat?

Let's have fun!

There is no right or wrong here. Please search for your answers online or in your favorite tracking book. Better yet, maybe you live close to their habitat. In this case, you can look for sign there.

This post is about learning to recognize animals in the landscape through their tracks, signs, and droppings. Note, I often refer to the animal's droppings as scat, and rarely as poop.

More to Come

I'll add a new mammal animal once every so often or so as time allows.

In Remembrance

The Tracker

Before moving on I must give credit it's due. To my mentor and teacher, Tom Brown Jr., for his fiery passion and monumental effort in teaching, me and thousands of others the thrill, and what I believe to be the most important survival skill a human can learn. How to track and trail wildlife.