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Raccoon?
 

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Surely too big for Raccoon?

How far between front and back legs, could it be a young Black Bear?
 
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By comparison with the hand for size, quite a big animal, size of approx a large dog. Five toes looks like a mustelid; does Wolverine occur in the area? Otherwise perhaps an American Badger or a River Otter?
 
Nutcracker said:
By comparison with the hand for size, quite a big animal, size of approx a large dog. Five toes looks like a mustelid; does Wolverine occur in the area? Otherwise perhaps an American Badger or a River Otter?
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Wolverine crossed my mind too together with Porcupine.
 
Nutcracker said:
By comparison with the hand for size, quite a big animal, size of approx a large dog. Five toes looks like a mustelid; does Wolverine occur in the area? Otherwise perhaps an American Badger or a River Otter?
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They don't seem terribly big to me tbh (unless the lady has huge hands, which I doubt). Also, seems like it's an animal that walks on its soles, so that should exclude a few possibilities.
 
Wolverines are very rare almost anywhere in the U.S. and do not occur in the east. I thought of fisher too, but doesn't seem a close match with what I googled, but I'm not a track ID expert.
 
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Sangahyando said:
They don't seem terribly big to me tbh (unless the lady has huge hands, which I doubt). Also, seems like it's an animal that walks on its soles, so that should exclude a few possibilities.
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I'd judge about 5-6 cm wide (about equal to a fairly large dog, perhaps Labrador size?) and 10-11 cm long. Could perhaps appear larger than originally though, due to snow thaw.
 
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I'd judge about 5-6 cm wide (about equal to a fairly large dog, perhaps Labrador size?) and 10-11 cm long. Could perhaps appear larger than originally though, due to snow thaw.
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Note the ridge between the pad and the claws, most obvious in pic 3, not too many species have this.
 
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