You may also be able to make out four toes on both the front and back feet. SANTA FE, NM – NOVEMBER 17, 2013: Tracks in the snow left by a wild cottontail rabbit in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo ...

Looking more closely, I could see older tracks nearby, partly obscured by recent snow, ... Otter tracks at the edge of a creek show five toe pads, unlike those of a dog, which has four toe pads.

But, if there were any of its five-toed prints left in the snow, I couldn’t find them. Cat tracks were abundant and easy to pick out. They, unlike those of canines like dogs and coyotes, don’t ...

Their tracks are typically rounded with four toes on both the back and front feet. Cats with thumbs may have five toes on ...