Track Finder: A Guide to Mammal Tracks of Eastern North America

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Easily Identify the Animal Tracks You Find!

Track Finder is a fully updated edition of the pocket guide that sold more than 300,000 copies! With this handy, easy-to-use book, you’ll be able to identify mammal tracks of eastern North America, from the states that border the Mississippi River all the way over to the Atlantic Ocean. The guide by Dorcas S. Miller includes:

  • Keys to print shapes and track patterns
  • Tips for comparing similar species
  • Discussion of scat and other signs
  • Habitat information
  • Range maps
  • Cherie Hunter Day’s beautiful drawings of the animals and their tracks

With a convenient 6" x 4" size, Track Finder fits nicely in your back pocket or backpack, so bring it along on your next outing!

States included: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780912550336

Media Type: Paperback(Second Edition)

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Publication Date: 03-07-2017

Pages: 64

Product Dimensions: 3.80(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.50(d)

Series: Nature Study Guides

About the Author

Dorcas S. Miller is the author of three other books in the Finders Nature Study Guides series: Berry Finder, Constellation Finder, and Winter Weed Finder, as well as books on many topics, including kayaking, hiking, natural history, and outdoor cooking. Dorcas lives in Chelsea, ME; Cherie Hunter Day is also the author of Life on Intertidal Rocks in the Finders Nature Study Guides series.

Read an Excerpt

Read an Excerpt

Eastern Spotted Skunk

Spilogale putorius

Habitat:Forest or areas with thick cover

  • Front nails shorter, better designed for climbing
  • Can climb trees (pads on soles may also help)
  • Omnivorous; mammals (including mice, rabbits) larger part of diet than with striped skunk

Sometimes bounds to cover ground quickly

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Species List
  • skunk
  • Muskrat
  • Nutria
  • Beaver
  • Opossum
  • Gopher
  • Badger
  • Woodchuck
  • Porcupine
  • Bobcat
  • Lynx
  • Fox
  • Coyote
  • Wolf
  • Raccoon
  • Bear
  • Deer
  • Moose
  • Mice
  • Rats
  • Squirrels
  • Chipmunks
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Rabbit
  • Snowshoe Hare
  • White-tailed Jackrabbit
  • Weasels
  • Mink
  • Marten
  • Fisher
  • River Otter

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