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Red Dog asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 10 years ago

What animal scat was I seeing? ?

I was hiking at about 9000 feet in Colorado yesterday and saw a few piles if animal dropping on a ridge I was climbing on. They were in a pile and the pellets looked like deer but were about a half an inch wide. What animal do you think this could be?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    At that elevation, my guess would be rocky mountain goat or bighorn sheep. Their scat is similar in appearance.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    They might be mule deer or elk. There's a rather good book on tracks and scat by Murie. Look for it.

  • 10 years ago

    might be the leftovers of a owls meal. owls coughs up what is undigestible in a pellet

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Could be mountain goats or jack rabbits.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I'm guessing either raccoon or fox.

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