This standard work is a meticulously detailed encyclopedia of animal tracks for beginners and advanced users, featuring 1,100 photos and 500 illustrations that are excellently prepared both visually and didactically. It includes an introduction to the fundamentals of tracking, precise descriptions and measurements of footprints and gaits, as well as comparisons of commonly confused species and comparison charts of the footprints of mammals and birds in life size. The tracks and signs of mammals in Europe are presented in detailed portraits. Additionally, the book covers footprints and feeding signs, nests, burrows, and other traces of the most important birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.