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hey guys can you send me pics of the mammal foot prints
thank you
Ossendryver

Here's one (leopard?)


Is this one acceptable?

thats great
thanks

2nd one a yeti Andy?

Plain baboon ...

Yes BB, an Italian one!

Hi ossendryver

Never really got a good shot of a fresh print... But maybe this will help.

Where was this footprint found? I would go for a Lion or a Hayena (Spotted)
I am not sure If I sax claws or not. Is it the only Picture? Without other Pictures it is difficult to help you. I am sure that a Leopard track is much smaller!


Best Regards Malealea

Hey guys I think Rumuruti's first pic is the spoor of Spotted Hyena! Doesnt look like leopard to me. I could be wrong though and maybe if anyone can confirm if its a leopard?
Hyenas spoor is more angular (in relation to direction in which it walks) and the ridges are more prominent between the toe and heel area. The claws dont always form visible prints in the sand.
Also the leopard's spoor has a classical trailing edge kind of like a smoothened reverse 'w' as well as being more symmetrical in shape overall.

let me try to post a photo of a rhinotrack for you

This one is a track of a lion in the sand of the Olifants river

And a crock in the same Olifants river.

sorry for the quality of this pic. I believe it is Lion spoor, taken at a lookout point high on a koppie not far from Skukuza. I think it's called Mathekenyane look out

@Lockie,

That is not a Lion track, a Lion track ist much bigger. I would go for a Wild dog or a Cheetaah. Did you see any Claws?

Our guide told us this track is from a lion: