/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.
Related subreddits:
/r/animalid
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Identify this snake [Arizona]
Found dead on road.
18:35 UTC
Mystery Snake [Northern Virginia]
18:19 UTC
Can someone identify this “dropping”? [Folly Beach SC]
(Charleston, SC near Folly Beach. It’s the second dropping - the first mound left was three times the size of this shown. )
18:00 UTC
[SW Florida] ID on fetus and organs
Found on a walk along a canal. Grey fur was found aprox 30 yards away.
18:00 UTC
[Ontario] What's going on here?
Ontario near Lake Huron in a forest. It looked like wing marks to me so I assumed maybe Owl. But then I kicked up the snow only to find po*py that looked like it was maybe from fox or a similar animal. What do you think left these tracks?
17:40 UTC
Raven or crow? [Boston MA]
He was alone and very big
17:10 UTC
What is this egg found attached to a rock in the beach? [Split, Croatia]
Slimey bright red ball attached to a rock, 5 or 6 cm of diameter. Soft and wet to the touch, squishy.8 Found today in a rock in a beach of Split, Croatia. Sorry if its not the correct flair
17:05 UTC
Scat on driveway. [NE Florida] New housing development next to pine preserve.
New development. Not many houses in the neighborhood but they are next to pine and artificial ponds. Coyote? Dog?
16:04 UTC
What animals nest is this? [Netherlands]
14:12 UTC
Is this a kind of peacock? [Melbourne]
11:20 UTC
What animal is this ? [Louisiana, USA]
I am sitting in my back porch this morning and started hearing this. Wondering what animal this is? Sounds as if it was getting attacked
10:34 UTC
Fox or coyote? [ohio]
My dog was not happy
05:36 UTC
What made this print? [Connecticut]
This is the only print on a small table I have on my deck. We have a lot of critters in our yard in a suburban area but I have no idea what could have made this.
05:27 UTC
What is living in our walls? [Chicago]
we think squirrels or rats, but wanted to know for sure. and what would be the safest way to get rid of those? some "over-the-counter" equipment or should we hire professionals?
03:02 UTC
My mom got very scared, but I find it so pretty. I was told by our neighbors that it's so fast, and bites! What is this type of lizard? [Hi I'm new here please be gentle...]
02:38 UTC
Can anyone identify? [Southern Indiana, USA]
I live in a rural area, this is my back garage away from the house (was headed in direction of house) and the garage is butted up to woods. Happened @ around 10pm a few days ago.
I have a dog and would really like to know what could be lurking around the property, any help would be greatly appreciated!
02:32 UTC
Any Ideas? [EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA]
I apologize the prints aren’t perfect quality but there were many like these leading through the eastern North Carolina woods. For size context that is my left boot sized 9.5. This was taken about 6 days ago.
02:25 UTC
What is the pink lichen-like stuff on the rocks in this tide pool? [Rialto Beach, WA State, USA]
01:51 UTC
What's this crow eating? [Maine]
Saw this across the lake today but didn't get a chance to get a closer look. Hoping it's not a house cat, but that's my best guess.
01:12 UTC