latrine
lah-TREEN
A site where an animal repeatedly deposits scat in the same location — a communal or territorial marking station rather than a random act of elimination. River otters maintain latrines on prominent rocks and logs at the water's edge. Raccoons use communal latrines, often in the crotch of a tree or on a flat rooftop. Badgers dig shallow pits at the edges of their territory. A latrine is a message board — each new deposit adds to the conversation.
Etymology
French latrine, from Latin latrina, a contraction of lavatrina, a washroom, from lavare, to wash. The civilized origin of the word is at odds with its field application, which is precisely the point — the animal's latrine is no less deliberate than the human's.
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