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Quiz #15 - Question

  

Habitat: A sand volleyball court at a corporate industrial site in central Connecticut (Photo N1). The industrial site is in a rural area and surrounded by state forest consisting of oak / maple / beech / birch woodlands – see Photo N2. (The woodlands is the overall habitat of this animal; not the volleyball area.) It had rained very hard the previous week, transforming the volleyball court into the ultimate "tracking box"!

Time of Year: April
 
Photo N1

A sand volleyball court at a corporate industrial site in central Connecticut

 
Photo N2

The industrial site is in a rural area and surrounded by state forest consisting of oak / maple / beech / birch woodlands.

The woodlands is the overall habitat of this animal; not the volleyball area.

It had rained very hard the previous week, transforming the volleyball court into the ultimate "tracking box"!

 
Photo N3 shows that the mystery animal has stepped out of the woods & walked around in circles on the volleyball court.
Photo N3
 
Photo N4

A medium-range shot of the tracks.

 
Photo N5

A closeup of a typical track.

The footprint measures 4¾" wide by 5½" long, including the rear toe. The stride here ranged from 7 to 12", and the trail width was 6½".

 
Photos N6 / N7 / N8 show a different area of the court – the animal is moving faster here, and the tracks have a slightly different in appearance in that the rear toe does not show. For these tracks, the footprint measured 4¾" wide by 4" long, the stride ranged from 18 to 22", and the trail width was 9".
Photo N6
 
Photo N7
 
Photo N8
 

Quiz #15 - Answer

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