Table 1 in Black-backed jackal diet in the Maria Moroka Nature Reserve, Free State Province: Implications for managing depredation on small stock farms

Table 1. The percentage occurrence 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)13.0439.1326.0913.048.704.354.350.000.000.000.00Oct11 (22)8.0054.554.554.550.000.004.554.554.550.004.55Nov11 (23)30.4330.4339.130.000.000.004.350.004.350.000.00Dec11 (23)0.0052.1730.434.350.0013.040.0017.394.350.004.35Jan12 (12)0.0050.0041.6716.670.000.000.000.000.000.008.33Feb12 (12)0.0066.6733.330.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00Mar12 (25)16.0052.0028.000.000.008.000.004.004.000.000.00Apr12 (10)0.0040.0040.0020.000.000.0010.000.0030.000.000.00May12 (27)70.3711.1114.817.410.000.000.000.000.000.003.70Jun12 (24)50.0029.1725.004.170.000.000.000.004.170.000.00Jul12 (26)53.8546.1511.540.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00Aug12 (28)17.8617.8671.430.000.000.000.007.143.573.570.00Sep12 (23)52.1717.3930.4313.040.000.000.000.0013.040.000.00Oct12 (15)40.0020.0020.0020.000.0013.336.670.0026.670.006.67Nov12 (18)11.110.0055.565.560.0011.110.0011.1127.780.000.00Dec12 (23)0.0054.5527.2718.180.000.000.000.009.090.000.00Mean (n=20.9±6.2)22.6836.3231.207.940.543.111.872.768.220.221.73 * 98% of all records were Springbok # Dominated by Vlei rat Otomys auratus, present in 30.05% of scats (mean monthly contribution)