Online Tracking Assessment

Describe what wildlife tracking is.

Tracking is the ________and skill required to recognize, ______ and ______ animal sign.

Name the two broad components of tracking?

Choose the three sectors of the wildlife industry where practical tracking skills have relevance?

Choose the three most appropriate questions one would ask oneself when identifying a track.

Choose the correct order from the five ESSENTIAL elements that will help you successfully trail an animal. Please sort the answers in the right order with the “move” button.

Which time of the year in the Lowveld would you generally find leopards up a tree, especially in the Londolozi area?

Choose the correct foot postures recognized in most mammals. Please drag the answer to match the correct image.

Provide the feature labels to this mongoose left FRONT foot track.

Choose three common animal signs a tracker should be aware of whilst trailing a leopard.

What track is the Tracker looking at?

Which shape would best describe a porcupine scat?

TRUE OF FALSE – Substrates have a great impact on the track impression?

Identify the gait of a fast-walking lion.

Provide the labels to the gait illustration (two red arrows)

TRUE OR FALSE – The choice of gait is determined by the animal’s need to travel at a certain speed in the most energy-efficient way.

Identify this gait

Are false hooves and dew claws the same thing?

How many toes are on a tree squirrel’s hind foot?

Who does this track belong to?

Select the most accurate statement below detailing the differences between a dog (canine) and a cat (feline) track?

How many proximal pads do a honey badger have?

Select an ungulate whose false hooves (dewclaws) are regularly seen in the track.

Provide the labels for this passerine bird track.

Identify the correct difference between a crocodile and monitor lizard track, other than size?

Choose the best three factors that contribute to the aging process of a track?

Name the foot structure type of an ostrich.

Which of the below bird species that are zygodactyl?

Complete the sentence with the BEST options.

Successful track interpretation requires an__________ and _________ mind.

Can you identify the following sign?

Can you identify the track?

TRUE OR FALSE – Pangolins mainly use bipedal movement

What direction is this elephant moving in?

Drag the blocks at the top to join with the BEST option in the FIRST column. 

TRUE OR FALSE – A White-Tailed Mongoose regularly drags its hind feet?

Who does this gait belong to?

The ART OF TRACKING can be summarised as follows, choose the BEST logical sequence by dragging the answer to match the correct sequence. 

Which of the below animals are odd toad ungulates?

Which of the below animals have plantigrade foot structures?

Fill in the missing words in the following sentence.

The tracker must be able to integrate the track ____________ with the _________ in order to interpret the _______.

From the shape, are you able to distinguish which is the black rhino track and the white rhino track? Drag the blocks to match the track with the correct animal.

Provide the correct labels for this Ungulate hoof.

Identify where the front and hindfoot are placed in the pic below. 

Does this image show a Left or Right foot?

Match the species with the correct shape associated with its scat. Drag the blocks to match the correct shape and species.