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[ rodent ? ]- track
at this track are clearly visible: 3 claws,(at the picture with the 2 paws, the left paw, shows at least 4 claws.) maybe the remaining/missing weren't printed in the sand. The foot-sole isn't really to identify. Even if this was the smallest,this track had the longest claws.Think it was moving faster, so that only the longest claws were visible printed in the sand. It reminds me at the "track"-pictures i saw about : woodchuck,opposum.racoon.( but those animals aren't native here.) then some other native suspected animals are : European Badger (Meles meles); the weasel {Mustelidae (from Latin mustela, weasel)};OR the The coypu/riverrat (Myocastor coypus). most possible, because of the size, the weasel !!
it was in a little "reservat" between some villages/city (the villages running into each other, therefore its almost a city, I would not call that "true wildness". this "reservat" is more a hiking/freetime-place for humans, where animals hide
this track was the smallest in size. Again pointing in different direction as the others ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/781... / http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/781... ). But with this track i'm doubt still. open for suggestions.!!
Spotted on Oct 23, 2011
Submitted on Nov 13, 2011
2 Comments
sorry little (big ) mistakes: i reposted it:
ferret ? this is also a weasel, or not ?! i have just, entert "ferret" at google image and what i see are weasels, when i dont mistake. as i described: it also reminded me at one of those. it was to small for a badger and to big for a riverrat !! but definitly thanks for your comment, i appreciate it.
Reminds me of a Ferret track. ( owned several through out the years). Therefore I would lean toward the weasel as well. :-D hope this helps.