Footprints (or ) are the impressions or images left behind by a person walking or running.
Hoofprints and
pawprints are those left by animals with
hooves or
paws rather than
feet, while "
shoeprints" is the specific term for prints made by
shoes. They may either be indentations in the ground or something placed onto the surface that was stuck to the bottom of the foot. A "
trackway" is set of footprints in soft earth left by a life-form;
animal tracks are the footprints, hoofprints, or pawprints of an animal.
