Table 4 The seasonal relative frequency of occurrence of prey species remains (%) in 90 jackal scat sample collected in KPCCF, Omo Valley of Ethiopia (December 2019 to May 2020). n = number of scats; N = number of specific prey items
Food items of black-backed jackals | Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Dry (n = 43) | Wet (n = 47) | Total (n = 90) | |
Domestic mammals, 45.5% (N = 161) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Sheep | 27 (18.1) | 31(15.1) | 58(16.4) |
Poultry | 30(20.1) | 36(17.6) | 66(18.6) |
Cattle | 10(6.7) | 22(10.7) | 32(9.0) |
Donkey | 1(0.7) | 2(1.0) | 3(0.8) |
Horse | 1(0.7) | 1(0.5) | 2(0.6) |
Wild mammals, 30.8% (N = 109) |  |  |  |
Rodents | 40(26.8) | 31(15.1) | 71(20.0) |
Hare | 7(4.7) | 14(6.8) | 21(5.9) |
Duiker | 3(2.0) | 11(5.4) | 14(4.0) |
Bush buck | 0(0.0) | 2(1.0) | 1(0.3) |
Birds | 0(0.0) | 1(0.5) | 1(0.3) |
Insects, 10%(N = 35) |  |  |  |
Aphids | 4(2.7) | 10(4.9) | 14(4.0) |
Grasshopper | 5(3.4) | 7(3.4) | 12(3.4) |
Beetles | 3(2.0) | 4(2.0) | 7(2.0) |
Wasps | 2(1.3) | 0(0.0) | 2(0.6) |
Plants materials, 7.6% (N = 27) |  |  |  |
Seeds | 5(3.4) | 11(5.4) | 16(4.5) |
Vegetables | 3(2.0) | 5(2.4) | 8(2.3) |
Fruits | 2(1.3) | 1(0.5) | 3(0.8) |
Anthropogenic items,5% (N = 19) |  |  |  |
Soil | 3(2.0) | 7(3.4) | 10(2.8) |
Plastic | 3(2.0) | 5(2.4) | 8(2.3) |
Clothes | 1(0.7) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.3) |
Unidentified preys, 0.8%(N = 3) | 0(0.0) | 3(1.5) | 3(0.8) |
Total number of prey items, (∑N) | 149(42.1) | 205(57.9) | 354(100) |