/r/animalid
This subreddit helps users identify animal species from pictures, videos, audio or calls, tracks, dens, scat, etc. All ID requests should include the animal's LOCATION (country, state, city, name of ocean or coast). This sub is NOT for identifying breed info for cats/dogs or identifying insects/parasites. Comments should be helpful or educational only, and advice should be legal and humane. Welcome!
Have a picture of an animal you need identified? Post it here and let the collective consciousness of reddit ID it for you!
It is best if you have a picture, if not, a good description. Provide a location if you have a picture or not.
Rules
1. ID Posts Only
The primary purpose of all posts should be to identify the species of animal in a photo, video, or audio file. Other posts with no ID request will be removed.
2. Posts must have a location provided in the title!
State or province at least, or country if it's small enough to provide a similar level of geographic precision. It is also helpful to include the type of environment your animal is in; forest, suburb, near a lake or river, etc.
3. No "Bugs"
"Bug" in the colloquial sense of "terrestrial arthropod" - insects, arachnids, and other creepy crawlies. While these are animals, they're very abundant and require specialized knowledge. Post them in /r/whatsthisbug for better ID!
4. No Breed Requests
This group is for identifying an animal's species. Breed ID requests for domestic animals will be removed. Post them in /r/cats, /r/DoggyDNA, /r/IDmydog, or a subreddit dedicated to your animal's species.
5. No Violence or Animal Abuse
This group believes in respecting the dignity of nonhuman animals. Violent or abusive comments are not tolerated. In the event dispatching an animal is warranted a poster may be tactfully encouraged to seek a professional for humane euthanasia. Subsistence hunters are welcome here, but refrain from making comments that would be more appropriate for /r/hunting.
6. Low-effort and sensationalist comments will be removed at moderator discretion.
This is primarily an educational subreddit. If your comment is a joke, meme, or includes words like "vicious" or "bloodthirsty" it is likely to be removed.
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/r/animalid
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What animal did this leg belong to? Toronto, Canada
Found on top of my shed in the backyard while I was cleaning off the leaves. .Had a racoon terrorizing my yard for the past few years, but haven't seem him around lately so wondering if it's him.
17:57 UTC
Who made this?
Found this in my yard. Want to identify possible culprits.
17:57 UTC
Is this a fox or coyote? Northwest suburbs of Chicago
17:22 UTC
Is this a skink? Central Florida
17:19 UTC
A bite from an octopus
16:58 UTC
Elk or hog?
Is this elk or hog scat, either is possible in East Tennessee, and both have been seen within a few miles of where the pic was taken, but have never been seen on the land.
15:51 UTC
What in the Blair Witch? Southwest Ontario.
My team are working in a residential basement. Found this. Are the skulls dogs/coyotes
14:12 UTC
Is this a baby bear? Columbus Ohio.
I am sorry this is the only video I have of it. Will ask my neighbors to see if they caught it once they get home.
12:53 UTC
What are these eggs? (Central Maryland)
10:42 UTC
Any idea what left this? Found in Eritrea. About 31-32mm long
09:43 UTC
Captive Raptor
Hello everyone. Spotted this gorgeous bird in an alleyway in a northern Vietnam mountain town. Obviously this is someone’s bird used for falconry as it had jesses attached. What species is this beauty?
08:33 UTC
Hi, can anyone Tell me what kind of animal is this?
07:22 UTC
Diving at Bare Island (NSW, Australia)
05:32 UTC
What animal is this?
Interesting animal sound that caught me off guard. Squamish, BC, Canada. Its for sure not a squirrel, maybe a member of the weasel family? The Merlin app wasn’t able to identify it as a bird so its probably not a bird. It was kind of coming from low in the ground, in a forested area close by some water.
04:54 UTC
Heard this through my window in Southern Maryland, any ideas?
Was just laying in bed and it started up doing its thing, after it stops here in the vid it didnt make any other noises after i stopped recording, did i just record something getting attacked?
04:42 UTC
Any idea what this is? Found in Florida.
Specifically what species? Looks like a slug to me but I'm not sure
03:49 UTC
Who left this scat in Yosemite national park near Mirror Lake?
01:18 UTC
Who was this? Santa Barbara CA
00:52 UTC
Found under my deck from the smell. Any idea based on the mouth?
23:40 UTC
Possible Cassins or purple finch? Southern leaning central Pennsylvania.
My mom found this “baby” bird today, it was acting strange. She found it while mowing the lawn, had a really good attempt to fly while in a soft cat carrier, and when put outside it chilled in my hand and on a branch for a while, but it wouldn’t fly away. Left it and I’m gonna see if it left here very shortly. Unsure if it’s just a female or a baby, had a few baby down feathers on its head, moved around very well, moved its head and beak, and navigated the branch very easily and had no balance issues. It doesn’t seem to have any head trauma, acting healthy and pooped twice in an hour. It didn’t seem scared of me at all, just scared while in the carrier, it didn’t even seem scared while I was holding it, it just sat on my fingers like a parrot would. I had to basically force it onto the branch. Unsure what to do, no rehabbers in area. I’m gonna assume it was just scared. My family has experience with parrots but not wild birds. South/central Pennsylvania.
21:19 UTC
Help me identify this screaming animal at 3 am pls
Often hearing this scream throughout the night, and sometimes during the day. Locating in south Maryland
20:02 UTC
Is this a bobcat?
I live in Arizona and for some time I’ve seen this cat hanging around my neighborhood, its owner is one of my neighbors and she says her husband found it in the woods, I have a strong feeling it’s a bob cat but I can’t tell as I’ve never seen it in person on the security cams
19:46 UTC
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