/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.
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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What animal is making this weird whining sound? (Central FL)
Sounded like it was coming from up in the trees. This was in Central FL and happened around midnight. It’s kind of like a screeching or a whining sound I guess? I’ve been trying to research what it could be, but I can’t find anything that sounds remotely close. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
15:31 UTC
Is this a frog making this noise or possibly flying squirrel? Location US NE Ohio. It's been nonstop lately and can't place it yet. Help please, Driving me up a wall!
14:08 UTC
Found on a beach road Newport RI
13:26 UTC
What kind of Owl is this?
11:26 UTC
I'm assuming this video I got sent is a type of rodent? North Carolina
10:46 UTC
Found in the ionian sea in Italy. It opened like a book and had snail-like antennas
07:15 UTC
Anything I can do for my turtle?
He has fish he hunts and he seems to like watching our tv, I just want my little buddy to be happy, I know he can have a better set up, but I also don't really know what to do, my mom takes care of him and he seems to like her a lot, he's an American snapping turtle
04:27 UTC
Coronado, CA - Help ID this sea creature please!
Taken at breakers beach in Coronado. I’m totally stumped.
03:34 UTC
Animal noise coming from under shed
Heard this after my dog wouldn't leave the shed alone. Freaked me the fuck out. Need to know what this is. I'm in Canada BC.
02:05 UTC
Bear or Cat? Rocky Mountains in Colorado
My boyfriend saw this footprint today. We are thinking black bear.
01:15 UTC
Dead fish.
I found this fish on the southern shore of Lake Ontario a few months ago, I just happened to find these pictures again. It kind of looks like a walleye to me, but the teeth seem wrong. Any ideas?
23:58 UTC
Mulberry Seeded Scat ID
My SO was mostly convinced that a black bear left its mark, but I don't think they come this far south. I suggested maybe a constipated racoon?
Southern Wisconsin. The spread was about 11" in the widest part.
23:41 UTC
Scat ID- NC
Found in my front yard.
23:24 UTC
Alberta bird call identification
I am currently visiting Central Alberta and all afternoon I heard this strange bird call. It was a very loud two part call, the first being almost a cackle of sorts and the second part was a squeaky screeching sound. I may have seen the bird although I am not certain. In the event that it was the bird making the noise, it looked somewhat like a pigeon with very loud wing flapping, and the underneaths of its wings were white. Again, I am not sure this is the bird making the call.
Does anyone know what it may be?
23:20 UTC
What bird is this? Seen in the Uk
Sorry for the backlighting, he hovered for a second then flew away.
23:06 UTC
Found while picking blueberries in southern PA
22:50 UTC
What kind of poop is this? Found in a suburban backyard in eastern Oklahoma with known presence of rabbits and possums. No dogs in the fenced in yard.
22:40 UTC
what is this??? west Roxbury Massachusetts
Has anyone ever seen this before
21:48 UTC
Rodent on a mountaintop in the Catskills, NY. Seemed quite a bit larger than I'd expect a local mouse to be.
Didn't get the best look at it before it hunkered down in the burrow, but seemed to show plenty of red in the fur. Would a brown rat be living so far out in the wilderness like this?
21:44 UTC
Is this a mouse or a shrew?!
Found this guy at work (northern Colorado)
don’t hate me for giving him cheese. the poor guy was tired and weak and so happy when he smelled it.
21:40 UTC
I hear this for hours at night, Slovakia
Please help me figure out what this is, it’s driving me insane
21:34 UTC
What type of Tortoise is this?
Found in Sacramento
20:19 UTC