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Brian Booth's Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #26 - Question
(Jan 2006)
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Photo 26A Habitat: A mountain
range in southern Arizona, near the Mexican border (Photo 26A).
(Hmm, looks very similar to the habitat of
Quiz 23.) |
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Photo 26B The tracks were
found in Oak/Sycamore forest high in the mountains, where it had
recently snowed (Photo 26B).
Time of Year: January. |
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Photo 26C As seen here in
Photo 26C, there are some clean tracks in the shallow snow. |
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Photo 26D Photo 26D is zoomed
in on the trail – the stride ranges from 8 to 12 inches, and the
trail width ranges from 2½ to 3½ inches. |
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Photo 26E Photos 26E & 26F
show a continuation of the trail down a boulder field, a tricky
crossing that the animal negotiated without even breaking stride. |
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Photo 26F |
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Photo 26G Photos 26G, 26H,
and 26J are zoomed in on individual footprints. The prints are about
1½” wide by 1¾” long. |
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Photo 26H |
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Photo 26J |
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| Who is this mysterious animal of the high
desert mountains? |
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