Research Article
Bone Accumulations of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta, Erxleben, 1777) as Indicators of Diet and Human Conflict; Mashatu, Botswana
Table 3
Number of select skeletal elements identified for the domestic species, wild bovid class size 1, 2, and 3 [
36], equid, carnivore, suid, and primate.
| | Domestic bos | Domestic Caprid | Wild class 1 | Wild class 2 | Wild class 3 | Equid | Carnivore | Suid | Primate |
| Skull | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Maxilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mandible | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Pelvic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scapula | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Humerus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Radius | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Ulna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Metacarpal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Femur | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Tibia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Calcaneus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Astragalus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Metatarsal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Phalanx 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phalanx 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phalanx 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total bones | 4 | 12 | 12 | 158 | 101 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 5 |
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