/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.
Found an animal in trouble? Follow this link for instructions!
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.
Included in this rule are posts with animals stuck in sticky traps or killed by your unsupervised outdoor pet (does not apply to barn cats or livestock guardian dogs).
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 is this? It keeps me up at night! [Washington State]
Whatever this is doesn’t come around every year but when it does it sticks around for a while and makes this noise all night…..
09:04 UTC
Is this a coyote in my apartment complex? [San Antonio, TX]
08:40 UTC
Curious if an ID from this talon pic would be possible [USA]
06:48 UTC
Scat ID Need help Identifying what animal infiltrated our garage and perhaps was hanging out in the battery compartment of our car. [Southern California ]
Noticed the poop pellets when I was refilling the windshield washer. Based on the colors its been here for a while that it dried up.
Its probably 1/2 inch in length the longest.
06:12 UTC
Bobcat? SE Oklahoma
Curious if this looks like a bobcat, housecat, etc.
Located in Oklahoma on my 300 acre.
05:52 UTC
[Central Alabama] need help identifying a strange animal sound
To keep it very short , I live in the middle of nowhere in central Alabama and at night there’s a sound you will sometimes hear and it sounds like wood knocking. Like I mean it sounds exactly like two wood dowels being hit together. The local legend says my land is a native American burial ground and my family is terrified by this sound because they think it’s paranormal. So my question is , does anyone know of an animal that makes a noise that sounds like wood knocking. It usually happens in twos or threes and it only happens at night. So you will just hear knock knock , or knock knock knock and in my opinion I’d say it’s always from an elevated location so likely coming from the top of a tree.
03:46 UTC
Can anyone tell me what this is? Found on a hiking trail in [Southern California]
03:28 UTC
Fuzzy striped cutie [Oaxaca Mexico]
Who is this?
03:00 UTC
What animal is this lil guy [NY]
02:51 UTC
Found these chillen in the grey water, any ideas? [Aus]
02:49 UTC
Sea anemone [Bahamas]
Is this a sea anemone? I’ve seen a bunch of these in the shallow surf and this one on shore. I came to the same place in the Bahamas last year and did not see any. Now I keep seeing them all over the place. They look like they have “tendrils” tucked in the center. Any insight is appreciated
00:49 UTC
Washed up on the beach [LI NY]
What is it?
20:13 UTC
Found in [Romania] , what kind of animal?
20:11 UTC
I’m pretty sure this is a beaver 🦫 Yay or nay? [MA]
Poor buddy seems to have been disappointed to have found a utility pole 😅
18:48 UTC
What are these wiggly flexible creatures in shallow water? [Cuba]
18:05 UTC
This guy invaded my garden, who is this? [New York State]
17:20 UTC
Which animal is this? [massachusetts]
15:28 UTC