Red Fox at Pialligo, ACT
Identification history
| Vulpes vulpes | 2 Feb 2023 | DonFletcher | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Feb 2023 | Hejor1 |
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Whose scat is this?
2 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
2 Feb 2023
Hi Hejor, You might like to get hold of the book 'Tracks and Traces of Australian Animals' by Barbara Triggs. Bear in mind that she is describing fresh scats of median size and appearance for the species. You will soon see that certain identification is not always possible, as tests of experts have sometimes demonstrated.
I think there are six scats in your five photos. The last three scats are well decomposed and comprise mainly insect remains. They could be pellets regurgitated by birds but I am inclined to think they are fox scats also.
I think there are six scats in your five photos. The last three scats are well decomposed and comprise mainly insect remains. They could be pellets regurgitated by birds but I am inclined to think they are fox scats also.
DonFletcher
wrote:
2 Feb 2023
Also, scale matters a lot in distinguishing between dog and fox scats. There are no known dingoes or other wild-living dogs in that area feeding on mainly furred animals so I disregarded dogs. In future it would help a lot to have a ruler or item of known size in the picture for scale.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.172881-35.279069
- Altitude 602.9m
- Maps Mount Ainslie Campbell Park Woodland
- Places Pialligo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2023 04:39 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Mammals Placental Predators Hejor1
Species information
- Vulpes vulpes Scientific name
- Red Fox Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 860.87m Recorded at altitude
- 209 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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