I did try searching for this first. I recently uploaded teeth marks on a king bolete mushroom that had been partially eaten by a large mammal (based on size of teeth marks). I think I annotated it as a track (because it seemed the closest to what it was). Today, someone else uploaded scratch marks …

There really isn’t an annotation that applies to these examples; see discussion here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/does-the-evidence-of-presence-track-annotation-count-for-any-animal-imprint/59458 There are some specialized “observation fields” that can be used for some organisms, like beavers …

Thanks. I see that is NOT one and so nothing should be used. I think it is unfortunate to not have something like “marking” or as one person said in the thread you shared, “destruction,” only because if someone is an expert on such things, they could search on the annotation to help with IDs (like …

I had someone add the Annotation: “Construction” to an observation of mine with the obvious vertically-long pileated woodpecker holes in a tree. I’m not sure this is a good way to describe it, but I don’t really use Annotations much myself. I have had people add the Annotation: “Tracks” to some my …

How to annotate evidence of teeth marks and scratch/claw marks

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DianaStuder November 15, 2025, 6:40am 4

There is a huge (900 comments) list of We Need an Annotation for. Pine cone is top of my list - I want to fruit, but …

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/lets-talk-annotations/627

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How to annotate evidence of teeth marks and scratch/claw marks

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