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    Default Badger Tracks?

    Is this a badger track?



    It was taken on the way to Ashdown Forest a while back and i have just refound it on my crappy camera phone
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    S orry Richie, that looks like a dog to me. A badgers print will have five toes and a kidney shaped pad print.

    Have a look at http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/...l_tracks.shtml to see what I mean.
    Last edited by al21; 16-11-2007 at 23:42. Reason: Adding more info

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    I'd say a dog, possibly fox. Badgers have five toes, dogs have four. A foxes two outer toes or pads, draw a line from one tip to the other. If it cuts through the two central pads, it is a dog. If it is clear of the two central pads, it is a fox. It's difficult to say but I'd think that looks like a dog print.

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    Badger print:



    And another:



    A really clear print this one!



    Comparison prints between varying animals:

    Last edited by spamel; 16-11-2007 at 23:48.

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    It's a dog.

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