LARGE PAD

Tips for Spoor identification

Padded (4 or 5 toes and one base with 2 lobes) with claw marks visible

Dog Family - Hyaena Family,

Mustelid Family - (Otters, Honey Badger, Weasel)

Viverid Family - (Mongeese)

+ Cheetah + Porcupine

• Spoor large (>60mm): Hyaenas, Cheetah, Wild & Domestic Dog
• Spoor medium (40-65mm) Mustelids, Porcupine, Foxes & Jackals
• Spoor medium small (20-45mm) Mongeese, Suricate, Weasel, Polecat
• Spoor small (5-30 mm) Mice, Rats, Squirrels, Shrews, Hedgehog

Padded (4 toes and one base with 3 lobes) with no visible claw marks

Cat Family

Viverid Family (Genets)

• Spoor large (>90mm) Lion, Leopard
• Spoor medium (40-65mm) Caracal, Serval
• Spoor medium small (20-45mm) Wild & Domestic Cats, Genets

Hooves – cloven

Artiodactyl Family (Cows, Buck, Camel, Pigs, Giraffe)

• Hoof large (> 80mm): Giraffe, Camel, Cow, Buffalo, Eland, Hartebeest, Tsesebe, Roan, Sable, Gemsbok, Wildebeests, Waterbuck, Sitatunga
• Hoof medium (40-70mm) Bushpig, Warthog, Rhebuck, Reedbucks, Lechwe , Sheep, Goat, Impala, Gazelles, Springbok,Bushbuck, Kudu, Nyala, Blesbok, Bontebok
• Hoof small (20-45mm) Duikers, Grysbok, Steenbok, Klipspringer, Oribi, Suni, Dikdik.
• Hooves – single – Perissodactyl Family (Horses, Donkeys and Zebras)

LARGE GAME (>250mm) - pad plus:

• 0 toes = Elephant
• 3 toes = Rhinos
• 4 toes = Hippo