Animal footprint ID

[350RRC]

Hi All,

These prints were on my sister's place today on a vehicle track.

I know at least one of the erudite amongst the members on here will know at a glance what made them, what sex it is, where it was going and why, but just the animal ID would be good.

thanks, David L

183038

[V8Ian]

Miniature horse, breaking in its new shoes. [wink11]

OK, I'll get me coat. [bighmmm]

[ChookD2]

I'm no tracker but my guess would be either rabbit of hare.

[LRJim]

Hi All,

These prints were on my sister's place today on a vehicle track.

I know at least one of the erudite amongst the members on here will know at a glance what made them, what sex it is, where it was going and why, but just the animal ID would be good.

thanks, David L

183038G'day, where abouts does your sister live? And how big are the prints?
If you flip the image they look more like a hoofed animal, possibly goat?
Cheershttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230107/514fe77fc00b1ab938a2c41206aa3dc6.jpg

[350RRC]

G'day, where abouts does your sister live? And how big are the prints?
If you flip the image they look more like a hoofed animal, possibly goat?
Cheers.............

Prints are about 6 to 8cm long.

Sister is about 70km NW of Bendigo.

No way they're rabbit or hare.................. I'm the chair of a landcare rabbit action group.

Have looked at pig, goat and deer prints, which don't seem to match. Bovine? Escaped Alpaca, Llama? Dunno.

[bigwhistle][bigwhistle] DL

[JDNSW]

I'd guess pig or goat, but in sand like that very unclear. Definitely a hoofed animal.

[Tins]

John's right about the sand. They look a little like the tracks I see here from fallow deer, which are all over Victoria. But I ain't on sand.

183041

[jonesfam]

Baby Yowie.
Look out for Mum!

Called Moomba up here.
Jonesfam

[Tins]

Baby Yowie.
Look out for Mum!

Called Moomba up here.
Jonesfam

It's Victoria. We have Bunyips. Oh, and drop bears, but they don't leave tracks.

[350RRC]

Deer is looking more likely now.................. but what brand? DL

[ramblingboy42]

well at this time of year , reindeer?

[V8Ian]

Deer is looking more likely now.................. but what brand? DL
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[Tins]

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Sigh... :rolleyes:

[Tins]

Deer is looking more likely now.................. but what brand? DL

Like I said, these guys:

European fallow deer - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fallow_deer)

I see them nearly daily. They're all over Vic. There are others, but these are the most numerous.

Australia[edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php'title=European_fallow_deer&action=edit&section=12)]European fallow deer were introduced to Tasmania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmania) in 1830 and to mainland Australia in the 1880s. The deer can now be found in all Australian jurisdictions, except Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The European fallow deer is the most widespread and numerous of introduced deer species in Australia.[29] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fallow_deer#cite_note-29) Proper control of deer populations in New South Wales (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales) (NSW) was precluded for some years by the classification of these deer as "game animals", as well as being a feral pest species.[30] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fallow_deer#cite_note-30) This led to an explosion in numbers, a vast increase in range in that state, impacts on agricultural production, increased environmental damage, and a dramatic increase in vehicle accidents involving deer.[31] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fallow_deer#cite_note-31) This policy has since been reversed on privately held land only, and on such land the deer is once again only classified as a feral pest species; they remain game animals on public land. The NSW government now asks the public to assist by not transporting or releasing feral deer onto any land, implying that intentional release of deer has been a factor in the vast increase in range in NSW in recent years.[32] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fallow_deer#cite_note-32)[33] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fallow_deer#cite_note-33)

[ChookD2]

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I don't think they would be Irish deer. [tonguewink][bigwhistle]

[Saitch]

Definitely an ungulate, so, going by size, I reckon a goat. (Not a Lyon)