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Originally Posted by Baz

Do these look like Racoon tracks? At one of the beach houses I take care of......

Cat or dog would be my guess.

Racoons paws have long "fingers". The fronts almost look like little hands.



To me, dog and cat tracks are very similar, a central pad with 4 toe pads. I think the main way to differentiate is that dogs have "nails" that are always out, so you may see nail prints in front of the toes. Cats have, for the most part, retractable claws, so you'll just see the central pad and 4 toe pads. There may also be differences in the size, shape, and spacing of the pads, but I'm not likely to know that unless it's obvious based on size and what lives in the area.