Paw print ID

No known Wolf population in SD.
Probably a Mountain Lion.

Looks like a pretty old track and been rained on or something.

Some animals routinely step on their old track some never do. Googling mountain lion, it doesn’t look like they do. Googling wolf, it looks like some occasional overlap but not super common.

It's a Mountain lion. You can tell not by the size or the shape of the track, but the fact that Mountain lions will often overstep their tracks while walking/stalking.

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Walking track sequences of the mountain lion usually involves a direct register of tracks, if the animal is stalking or walking upon snow or a muddy surface. This means the left and right hind feet have been placed directly in the corresponding impressions made by the front feet. By contrast, an over-stepped register or slightly offset direct register occurs if the animal is walking normally. The hind foot is placed on top of or forward of the fore foot impression.

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Mountain Lion foundation



Sorry baldona, but you have bad info.