What made this track?

[WacosSon]

Pretty sure its a mountain lion. That ground looks soft enough that the back of his pads would sink down, falling away from the claws.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

That would be canine - you can see the claw imprints on a couple of the paw pads. Not feline.

 

[crg1372]

Still not seeing the claw marks. Claw marks on canines are usually very pronounced and appear far away from the toe pads. So....I e-mailed the picture to the person who runs that website that was posted in the thread.

 

[imhntn]

I say dog. The one claw mark is distinct. Cats are rounder too.

 

[crg1372]

I say dog. The one claw mark is distinct. Cats are rounder too.

Not all that round on a mountain lion though.

 

[tslabaugh]

If the ground is really soft, cat claws can be visible in their tracks. I say cat as the two outer toes aren't close and tight to the pad as a canine's.

 

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[crg1372]

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Thank you for bringin your wisdom to this thread. We're all the wiser for it.

 

[dennishoddy]

Not all that round on a mountain lion though.

Feline track are very distinctive because of the lack of claw tracks, as they walk with the claws retracted, only extending them if they need to climb or kill.

They are also distinctive with the three lobe back pad that canines don't have.

Here are some pics of lion tracks.
In my opinion, this pic is cat.

For the OP, in my opinion, those are domestic dog tracks. Could be an abandoned dog like we found this week, or a neighbors dog.

http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougarfront1.gif

 

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