Table 2 in Black-backed jackal diet in the Maria Moroka Nature Reserve, Free State Province: Implications for managing depredation on small stock farms

Table 2. The percentage volumetric contribution of prey groups in the scats of Black-backed jackal at Maria Moroka Nature Reserve, September 2011 to December 2012. The numbers of scats are indicated in brackets. MONTH (n)*Antelope# MiceSpringhareCarnivoreGround squirrelHareBirdInvertebrateFruitAbioticUnidentifiedSep11 (23)19.9633.0324.5713.048.704.354.350.000.000.000.00Oct11 (22)35.4550.234.554.550.000.000.230.450.230.004.55Nov11 (23)30.3930.4339.130.000.000.000.040.000.430.000.00Dec11 (23)0.0051.7424.134.350.008.780.006.570.090.004.35Jan12 (12)0.0041.6741.2516.670.000.000.000.000.000.000.42Feb12 (12)0.0066.6733.330.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00Mar12 (25)15.4048.4428.000.000.008.000.000.080.080.000.00Apr12 (10)0.0039.5039.0019.90.000.000.100.001.500.000.00May12 (27)70.187.4114.817.410.000.000.000.000.000.000.19Jun12 (24)45.9625.6324.174.170.000.000.000.000.080.000.00Jul12 (26)46.6241.8511.540.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00Aug12 (28)9.5017.6171.360.000.000.000.001.320.180.040.00Sep12 (23)51.358.0427.3513.040.000.000.000.000.220.000.00Oct12 (15)40.0013.6712.6019.600.0013.000.070.000.600.000.47Nov12 (18)11.110.0055.560.560.0010.830.009.4412.500.000.00Dec 12 (23)0.0047.2725.4518.180.000.000.000.009.090.000.00Mean (n=20.9±6.2)23.5032.7029.807.590.542.810.301.121.560.0030.62 * Dominated by Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis, with an average volumetric contribution of 23.03% # Dominated by Vlei rat Otomys auratus, with an average monthly volumetric contribution of 26.67%