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Are these cat tracks?

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Jay,

The top picture could be but the one in the snow is definitely a canine track. You can see the toenails and it is too oval, longer that wide. Cat tracks are almost perfectly round with no toenails.

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Tim Hickman

Both appear to be canine. But what do I know???
Adios,
Gary

both are canine to me

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cut them loose

tracks

They both look like canine tracks to me . Never saw a cat track up here in maine that looked like that, mehunter .

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tree talking kennels

No

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check it out a guy sent this to me from http://www.cougarsanctuary.org/tracks.html

First, look for the overall round shape of the track, common to most felines. The mountain lion’s front foot has four toes and a heel that registers, which means they make an imprint in the ground.

The front foot of the mountain lion is larger and more asymmetrical than the rear foot.

Look at the palm of the track. See how large it looks? It’s almost twice the size of the digits. Canine tracks do not have this characteristic.

Look at the shape of the heel. Notice the dimple in the middle at the top of the pad just under the two middle toes. This is a big tracking identification clue; a classic cat feature.

Look at the space between the toes and the palm pad. There is a curved ridge, which some trackers call a linked ridge. Canines do not have this feature. They have a diamond or pyramid shape in this area of the track.

Let’s look at the toes. The first thing to note is that their shape is oval, and the most striking characteristic is this: the toes are offset. They point in a different direction from the heel pad with one toe ahead or forward of the others.

Notice the outer two toes. One is forward of the other. Dog paws do not have this feature. All of their toes point straight ahead or slightly toward each other.

If you try to draw an X between a mountain lion's toe pads, note that the X crosses into the heel pad. However, if you try to draw an X between a dog’s toe pads, the X doesn’t go into the foot pad. Sometimes you’ll be able to see the claw marks left by a dog’s claws above the toe pads of his print, but these aren’t always obvious.

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In Idaho your dogs' lives depend on your knowledge of a track.... turn loose on a wolf thinking it's a cougar and - it's no more hound.

The top one is canine for sure, no doubt. The bottom one is tougher to tell. A picture of the walking track would help, or a couple more in succession. From this picture it's tough to tell. It looks like a cat but I'd want to be 100% sure before cutting loose the dogs.

Yes I think it is you cant see claw marks in the tracks but you can on a dog

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No, The top one is not a cat... Take that to the back and cash the check. The second one most likely is not either but there is nobody out there that can tell you 100 percent, what it is. It is not a clear track. It looks like it slid a bit, or the snow has distorted it.

that 2nd one looks like a lion track to me, I am trying to post some pictures I took of a lion track here a couple weeks ago.

tom lion track

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Both pics have an adult wolf with a coyote track in front of the wolf track. It's possible that it's a huge dog track. Definitly not a cat.