Annotations: Is it a construction or a track?

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In annotations, evidence of presence, I am wondering what to label a desert bighorn bed. There is scat in it, which I labeled separately. The ground is scraped by the bighorn’s hooves and a shallow dish-shaped depression marks where it’s body lay on an arid ridge. Construction or track or both? Death Valley National Park.

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I’ve observed a moose bed, deer scrape, and other such evidence. In each case, I’ve left the annotation blank since none of the values seemed to be a match (based on the accompanying tool-tip). I really don’t know if that’s the right thing to do.

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I would think it is a Track.
As with hoof prints that leave an indentation on the ground is a Track.

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A ‘negative’ space, equivalent to a burrow = construction.
Track is meant for ‘foot’ prints.
?

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I think a “track” is generally unintentional by the animal and “construction” is intentional

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iNat’s definitions of annotations can be found here:

https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000191830-what-are-the-definitions-of-inaturalist-annotations-

Or by mousing over.

The relevant ones are:

  • Construction (within Animalia): Something created by an animal, made with or excavated from other materials. Examples of things that are Constructions: spider web, burrow, nest or hive, caddisfly larva casing, egg sac or egg case. Examples of things that are not Constructions: coral reef, mollusk shell, hermit crab shell, galls.

  • Track: (within Animalia) Impression in ground or snow made by an organism

Based on those, I’d probably go with “Construction” since the bed seems more like it is excavated and a shallow burrow than an impression which would just be formed by pressure, not intentional scraping. But I also might just not annotate.

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