/r/animalid

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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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43

Found this little guy in southern Pennsylvania

He’s very slow with a short tail

7 Comments
2024/03/14
10:17 UTC

1

What species of jelly fish is this? Found in the Norwegian Arctic.

0 Comments
2024/03/14
03:48 UTC

3

Weird barking (?) Northeast Ohio

It was barking (?) for like 5-7 minutes and I could hear something running through the brush in the woods. I finally got up to see what was causing all the racket and my camera flash accidentally turned on while recording so it stopped almost immediately.

I’m guessing a dog, coyote or fox or something like that?

2 Comments
2024/03/14
01:52 UTC

1

Question

Any ideas what kind of skull this is that my husband found in the woods today while shed hunting?

If anyone knows of a different group that would be better to post in, be sure to let me know.

Ohio, USA

2 Comments
2024/03/14
01:08 UTC

11

What did my dog find in the creek?

Central Texas

10 Comments
2024/03/13
22:27 UTC

1

Roommate hears an animal (snoring?) above his roo, Help ID Please (Allen, TX)

1 Comment
2024/03/13
20:53 UTC

7

Clear worm like marine creatures in okaloosa Fl

Hi, I saw these little clear guys swimming one night on the intercostal in Okaloosa Florida. There were hundreds of them.

Hoping to find out what they are.

4 Comments
2024/03/13
20:08 UTC

1

Black Bear? Ramsey County, MN

Found this gift left in front of my stoop this morning. At first I thought it might be someone's loose dog or a coyote, but it appears full of seeds. Thinking it might be a black bear? I'm on the edge of the suburban to rural transition and have had neighbors seen a couple in the last year.

3 Comments
2024/03/13
16:32 UTC

3 Comments
2024/03/13
15:58 UTC

0

Found this thing eating cat food on Twitter. What is it?

34 Comments
2024/03/13
15:51 UTC

6

Utah Bird ID

Bird my wife snapped a picture of while stuck in traffic on the way to work. Any help?

1 Comment
2024/03/13
15:44 UTC

14

What is this critter? Emerges from the bottom left

5 Comments
2024/03/13
15:11 UTC

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⚠️🌎 ALL POSTS MUST INCLUDE LOCATION IN THE TITLE! 🌏⚠️

Edit: Geographic location

Edit 2: if you don't know the location put [Unknown] or [Facebook] or [Social Media] or whatever.

Put a location in the title or I'm going to beat you up and take your lunch money. I have no idea why this wasn't a rule already but it is now.

If anyone knows how to make automod enforce a specific title format let me know! I'd like locations to be included in [square brackets] and have automod remove posts that don't have them.

5 Comments
2024/03/13
13:16 UTC

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I’m leaning towards coyote on this one. They are known to be in the area, but I’ve never seen one. A friend said maybe a large fox, but that doesn’t seem right. This is in Durham, NC.

As said in the title, pretty sure this is a coyote. I live near some wooded areas, and we get all sorts of wildlife wandering around. At least once a week I see deer in my yard. Please excuse the mess on the driveway, doing some landscaping work.

37 Comments
2024/03/13
12:29 UTC

1

Horn identification request.

Found this horn in the mud. just outside of Baltimore, Maryland- eastcoast US.

2 Comments
2024/03/13
08:33 UTC

99

What weasel/mustelid is in Novi, MI(Metro Detroit)

10 Comments
2024/03/13
06:51 UTC

2

Would anyone be able to identify this track?

It was found while hiking Sitton Peak near Ortega highway in Orange County. My best guess is coyote

10 Comments
2024/03/13
00:22 UTC

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