The track is not in the SG's it's in the Santa Ana foothills.
I just posted here because of CM and I don't know of any tracking forums.
I know it's not canine or feline. I think too small for raccoon; but I think the way it looks like a hand makes it so. Might be skunk. There are tons of ground squirrels in this area.
OK, the CM kid in the front row with the arm thrust in the air can answer now that no other kid can. Besides, that arm has got to be getting tired.
The photo is good because it shows the tracks of all four feet - and the pattern tells more than the shape of any one foot.
The far left print and the one next to your finger are the hind feet. They land in front of the front feet when the animal is moving in its normal "gallop" mode.
I had to look it up. All the little rodent tracks look really similar.
I was afraid of squirrel; I wanted to find something a bit more "exotic".
There are hundreds of these litle buggers around our animal pens - they love to steal food.
Occassionally they drown in water buckets.