Research Article

Bone Accumulations of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta, Erxleben, 1777) as Indicators of Diet and Human Conflict; Mashatu, Botswana

Table 2

Identified species or class size, with (number of identified specimens) (NISP), (minimum number of individuals) (MNI) and which dens they were found. Bovid class size based on kilograms and follows Brain [36].

SpeciesNISPMNIDens

Aepyceros melampus158131,2,3,4
Bovid class size 38951,2,3,4
Tragelaphus strepsiceros7141,3,4
Struthio camelus5744
Bovid class size 23221,2,3,4
Phacochoerus africanus3122,3,4
Equus quagga2841,2,3,4
Capra hircus1354
Connochaetes taurinus1132,3,4
Procavia capensis1121,2,3,4
Equid723
Papio cynocephalus722,3,4
Raphicerus campestris524
Bovid class size 1411,4
Sylvicapra grimmia421,4
Bos (domestic)314
Crocuta crocuta212
Oreotragus oreotragus214
Panthera pardus114
Loxodonta africana113
Hystrix africaeaustralis114
Reptilian111

Total53960