Animal Track Identification Cards
The Animal Track Cards by For The Love Of Homeschooling is a practical, printable field guide designed to help students, nature enthusiasts, and adventurers learn the art of tracking and identifying common wildlife by their footprints.
Key Features and Content
This resource provides a collection of portable reference cards, each offering detailed information to distinguish one track from another, including:
Scientific and Common Names for accurate identification.
Detailed Track Anatomy describing size, shape, number of toes, and the presence or absence of claws.
Distinguishing Characteristics that separate close look-alikes (e.g., the difference between Black Bear claws and Grizzly Bear claws, or the difference between a dog's wandering trail and a fox's straight "direct register" trot).
Unique Trail Signs such as the long, thin drag line left by a Field Mouse's tail or the broad drag mark left by a Beaver's tail.
The cards cover a variety of species, from large mammals like Moose and Bears to smaller animals like the Rabbit and Field Mouse, as well as common birds and amphibians like the Crow and Frog.
Recommended Use
The publisher recommends printing the cards on cardstock and laminating them for lasting durability outdoors. Once prepared, they can be easily cut out, hole-punched, and kept together with a binder ring to attach to a backpack or hiking kit
* This is a digital product. No physical item will be sent.


