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Skunk tracks

Mephitis mephitis

Description:

Half dollar sized, with long front claws. Hind tracks look like little human footprints. Five toes in 1-3-1 grouping. Little toe on inside of foot sometimes does not register.

Habitat:

Shoreline of Lake Lewisville.


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1 Comment

S Frazier
S Frazier 9 months ago

Nice! You've described those tracks in detail :-). Just an interesting tidbit (--not questioning your ID) and I didn't realize this, but there are supposedly 5 species of skunk in Texas.

Denton, Texas, USA

Lat: 33.15, Long: -97.02

Spotted on Aug 20, 2012
Submitted on Aug 27, 2012

Reference

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