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Identifying the Animal which left Brown or Black Droppings

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Are the droppings

Tubular (more long than wide) or Pelleted? (more round than long)?
Raccoon dropping. Photo by Kirk LaPierre Pelleted droppings of elk. Photo by Stephen Vantassel

 

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Tubular

Dog sized?  Or Smaller than dog sized/brown-black staining?

Dog Sized

Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Photo compliments of Jennifer Schloth. Note the size of the droppings in comparison to the shovel. Bear droppings can be huge. They can also exhibit a wide variety of colors depending on what the bear is eating.

 

Black bear droppings. Photo by Jennifer Schloth  

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Droppings tend to be several inches long, full of animal hair (particularly in the winter time when fruit is not available) and dark due to the coagulated animal blood of their prey. Droppings will also be frequently located at strategic locations such as cross roads and along trails as coyotes use their droppings to mark territory.

coyote dropping. Photo by Stephen Vantassel  

Frog

Note the tubular aspect of the dropping. Droppings will also frequently have insect parts inside. Droppings this size are from large frogs common in the southern portions of the United States.

Image courtesy of Steve Rose.

Frog dropping. Photo courtesy of Steve Rose, 2008  

Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

droppings tend to be 2-3 inches long (like a dog's) and are often filled with remnants of what raccoon summer scat by Richard Chipmanthey have been eating lately, see photo of scat on grass (courtesy of Richard Chapman). For example, if they are eating corn, you will often find corn remnants in the droppings. The same occurs when they are eating fruit etc.

Caution!! Raccoon feces may contain a dangerous roundworm. To learn more about Raccoon roundworm click diseases Raccoons also defecate in the same location. These are called toilettes or latrines. The fecal pile, pictured at the right, was found on a residential roof in Longmeadow, MA.

Raccoon droppings, procyon lotor Raccoon droppings on a roof. Photo by Stephen Vantassel
More photos of raccoon droppings. Photo by Chuck Clark. Missouri raccoon droppings  

 

 

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