Canine: one lobe at top of the central pad.Feline: two lobes at top of the central pad.Here’s a relatively fresh bobcat print… Fresh bobcat print on West Kill Mountain in the Catskillsįeline (5 lobes) / Canine (3 lobes) Lobes Hike › Catskills, Hudson Highlands, Gunks.Once you’ve identified a few sets in the field, they’ll seem as different to you as chalk and cheese. On the other hand, photos never seem to show animal prints as clearly as they appear to my eye in the wild.Įven so, feline and canine prints are almost always easily discernible from one another.
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Get full access to every post on this website instantly. Listen to the audio file on this page to hear various mountain lion sounds compared to those of several other animals you may hear at night.This content is available to all readers thanks to my supporters on Patreon. Many people hear shrieks in the night and think they are made by mountain lions, but almost always these blood-curdling screams are made by other animals. When they growl, they sound like an overgrown house cat. When they do, they often sound like a person whistling or a bird chirping. Mountain lions make little noise in the woods. Dogs generally do not kill the prey quickly or efficiently, but pursue and bite it repeatedly, causing other injuries from collisions with gates, fences and other objects. Bite marks from dogs raking down the shoulders, sides and flanks of livestock are often mistaken for “claw marks.” Their attacks usually lead to indiscriminate mutilation and they feed very little on their prey. They usually chase their prey and attack wherever they can get a hold on the animal, most often the hindquarters, tails, ears and nose. A mountain lion’s canines are 2 to 2.5 inches apart dogs are less than 2 inches coyotes are 1.5 inches and bobcats are about 1 inch apart.ĭogs-Dogs frequently attack and kill wildlife and livestock. They return to the kill for subsequent feedings as long as it lasts, or until they make another kill.īobcats-Since Missouri has an increasing bobcat population-and because bobcats employ many of the same techniques to kill and eat their prey-distinguishing the two often depends on finding and measuring tracks and/or punctures made by their canines. On other occasions they begin to feed at the shoulders and ribs.Īfter they’ve eaten their fill, mountain lions generally cover the remainder of the carcass with grass, leaves, dirt and other debris. They often open the abdominal cavity, roll out the stomach and intestines and begin feeding on the other soft internal organs. They seldom leave deep slashes.Īfter the prey is dead, they generally drag the carcass to dense cover to feed. Mountain lions use their claws primarily as hooks to hold onto their prey until they can administer a lethal bite. They do not have long endurance, and do not make long chases. They creep close, then rush quickly to hit the animal and bite it either in the back of the neck to sever the spinal column, the throat to crush the trachea, or the skull to puncture the brain. Mountain lions-They generally kill their prey quickly and efficiently. When present, a mountain lion’s claw marks are slender and sharp.ĬOMPARISON OF MOUNTAIN LION AND DOG TRACKS Mountain Lion TrackĬOMPARISON OF MOUNTAIN LION AND DOG TRACKS Claw marks are usually visible in dog and coyote tracks.
TRACKS (Source: Missouri Department of Conservation)Įxpert trackers look for the following to identify mountain lion tracks: Print ID comes down to how cat’s claws are retracted as they walk, versus dogs, whose claws are NOT retracted.
What say you?Ĭomparison of Mountain Lion and Dog Tracks Takeaway? If you let your dog out at night to pee, use bright lights. Whatever created this print, nearly ate his dog going out for a night time pee. Print found by Jose Tamez, in his backyard, on the south perimeter of the Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home Park. Buzz Productions : Photo-Essays, Podcasts, Audiobooks and Videos.Montara Water and Sewer District (MWSD).Granada Community Services District (GCSD).
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