Comments on: Who Pooped? http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882 Educational programs, games and more Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882&cpage=1#comment-928 nature Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:46:29 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882#comment-928 Very close ID, Ellen! It’s gray fox scat, which is also cylindrical and pointed in shape like that of a coyote’s. The main way to tell the difference between the two is by diameter: Coyote scat is a bit thicker (1.9 cm compared to 1.5 cm) (per Lynne Levine and Martha Mitchell’s Mammal Tracks and Scat). This is obviously tricky to tell by just a photo.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882&cpage=1#comment-927 Ellen Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:45:51 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882#comment-927 Coyote

]]> By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882&cpage=1#comment-427 nature Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:33:15 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882#comment-427 It was a slow week, but thanks for the one guess we received. Our featured poop came from a gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). To learn more about gray foxes, check out the following websites:

We’ll have another “Who Pooped?” challenge soon, but in the meantime, check out our weekly Spotlight On.

]]> By: Frank Vizarraga http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882&cpage=1#comment-426 Frank Vizarraga Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:39:55 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1882#comment-426 Snake poo.

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