Animal track

For the albums by the Animals, see Animal Tracks (British album) and Animal Tracks (American album).

An animal track is an imprint left behind in soil, snow, or mud, or on some other ground surface, by an animal walking across it. Animal tracks are used by hunters in tracking their prey and by naturalists to identify animals living in a given area.^[1]

Bird tracks in snow.

Archaeology

Foot tracks of ancient and extinct creatures notably dinosaurs that have been fossilized are of immense importance in archaeology and studied to understand the lives and behavior of such creatures.

See also

• Flukeprint, track of whale on ocean surface
• Footprint
• Pugmark
• Spoor (animal)