(Sorry, these photos of animal scat are not printed here in a scale to show their size in relation to each other.) Otter: short, round or flat with fish scales, bones or other aquatic food parts. All of the poop piles mentioned above are smaller than a bear’s.”Ĭhips or massed when eating aquatic plants and thick grasses, pellets (a little more oblong than elk) when eating woody browseĬhips like cattle when feeding in summer on lots of vegetation, pellets in winter when food is more dried grassĬoyote: is like a dog’s but often with more hairįrequently deposited where they stop to look for prey at an open areaīeaver: you won’t see this deposited on land very often Their poop is dense and won’t flatten if you step on it. Bobcats and mountain lions both have segmented poops, a characteristic common to felines. Raccoons go to the bathroom in the same spot over and over, so their poops will be found in large piles called latrines. Coyote poop is also tubular and may contain the same foods, but it usually looks like a pile of twisted rope. Yosemite had these notes: “Here in Yosemite, you may stumble upon coyote, raccoon, mountain lion, or bobcat poop, all of which can be confused with bear poop.
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