Tracks, a little teaser!

[Taffy63]

I'm not long back from holiday and thought you lot might like to have a go at identifying these...

I followed the prints to here...

A close up of the damage done...

I won't say anything about where these photos were taken just yet, we'll see how you get on. Scale wise, the full set of four feet cover about 12 inches.

Cheers
Nigel

 

[Adze]

One of these?

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Black tailed Jack rabbit

 

[Bigfoot]

Drunk haggis.

 

[Zingmo]

Wallaby?

Z

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[Taffy63]

Sorry no correct guesses yet, I'll post another clue tomorrow. Nice try with the Haggis though, but no evidence of different leg lengths as far as I can see, also pretty much at sea level.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Cottontail.............

 

[Retired Member southey]

Jack Russell running!

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hare, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[21st century pict]

Looks like Blacktimberwolf has done his homework, classic Lagomorph gait, with a 12 inch stride probably a Rabbit...Were was your holiday?.
.after double checking with this rabbit track image and looking at the 6 inch scale Hare,99.9%...Final answer.

 

[Taffy63]

Well I must admit that I may have been unintentionally misleading with the measurement. I was trying to give a sense of the gait as well with 12", sorry about that. I was holidaying on one of the Canary Islands, that should help with your guesses.
Cheers
Nigel

 

[Harvestman]

That's the classic sign of the Canary Island Lesser Spotted Striped Hare-Tortoise.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Make your mind up dude.............12 inches or not.......


Are we looking for a non native ungulate ?

 

[Taffy63]

That's the classic sign of the Canary Island Lesser Spotted Striped Hare-Tortoise.

Er... I'm afraid not, at least not this time.

 

[Taffy63]

Make your mind up dude.............12 inches or not.......


Are we looking for a non native ungulate ?

12 inches from the back of one set to the beginning of the next, give or take. In hindsight I should have placed something in the picture for scale. You can clearly see toes in some of the prints especially near the plant, so not an ungulate, but not native. There are no native mammals on this island.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Lanzarote ?

 

[Taffy63]

Lanzarote ?

Nope sorry.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Russian lop rabbit.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Can you confirm that it is a mammal & that it's neither a rabbit nor a hare

 

[nuggets]

Can you confirm that it is a mammal & that it's neither a rabbit nor a hare

Calm down dear ! its only a game !!