Track toes with claw marks over 5cm

Having identified the track as 1) having claw marks and 2) being 8cm long, we will now do the following:

using 8cm as the actual length of the track, we will go down the list to find a set of possible track identifications
compare the actual shape of the track to the sample and identify the species

To do this:

scroll down to track length of 8cm. The list is ascends by forefoot length
and find the track that looks like the sample

Having identified the track as being that of the Spotted Hyena, scroll down to the Spotted Hyena and click on the hyperlink to click get detailed information. In this example, only the Spotted Hyena hyperlink is enabled. In the Ultimate Field Guide al the hyperlinks are active and species information can be accessed with a single click.

		Track Length by forefoot size
Cape Fox Vulpes chama		F 5cm H 4cm
Large Grey Mongoose Herpestes ichneumon		5 cm
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas		5cm
African Civet Civettictis civetta		5 cm
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis		5cm
Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus		5 cm
Aardwolf Proteles cristatus		5 cm
Porcupine Hystrix africaeausralis		F 5cm H 9cm
Water Mongoose Atilax paludinosus		6 cm Spreads on mud and soft soil
Honey Badger Millivora capensis		7- 8 cm
Spotted Hayena Crocuta crocuta		F 8 cm H 6 cm
Brown Hayena Hyaena brunnea		F 8 cm H 6 cm
Wild Dog Lycaon Pictus		8 cm
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus		F 10 cm H 9 cm