Animal print identification competition

The below picture, taken by Woodlore office member Steve on a trip to East Africa earlier this year, shows an animal print found in the dirt. The first person to find and correctly identify it wins, as always, a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher: [caption id="attachment_746" align="aligncenter" width="450"]The animal print found in Eastern Africa, correctly identified as that of a hyena The animal print found in Eastern Africa, correctly identified as that of a hyena[/caption] Due to the angle at which the photograph was taken, this wasn't the easiest print to identify. However, some of you got it right - it is in fact a hyena print; Steve and the group were even lucky enough to see one that day sprinting past them. Of all the comments, Zoe was the first to answer correctly, winning a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher.

If you'd like to brush up on your skills at tracking and identifying wildlife, we'd recommend taking a look at the Animal Tracks & Signs book or, even better, taking part in our Woodlore Tracking course.

22 comments

is it a lion???

Jorrit Iepema

I think it’s the footprint of a Lion!

Paul freebury

Tracks are from a leopard

Pierre

By the way, “Animal Tracks & Signs book” does not cover the big cats ;)

Pierre

Looks round and no claw mark, 4 digits. So big cat.

The main/middle pad does not have the depressions that seems typical of the lion.

It seems the fore pad could be somewhat smaller than the rear. I would bet on leopard. It is only a better thematic continuity with the TV serie ;)

Zoe Ginster

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