Table 2.
Mammalian species abundance in different habitats of YNFPA between seasons.
| Species scientific name | Habitat type/season | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural forest | Wooded grassland | Grassland | Plantation | Bushland | |||||||
| Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | Wet | Dry | ||
| Oreotragus oreotragus | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Tragelaphus scriptus | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Sylvicapra grimmia | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 20 |
| Crocuta crocuta | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Mellivora capensis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Hystrix cristata | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Theropithecus gelada | 7 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 68 |
| Procavia capensis | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| Lepus starcki | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Canis aureus | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Chlorocebus aethiops | 9 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 84 |
| Papio anubis | 11 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 16 | — | 6 | 13 | 17 | 138 |
| Panthera pardus | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total no. of spp. | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| Relative abundance (%) per season | 11.4 | 21 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 100 |
| Relative abundance (%) per habitat | 32.3 | 29 | 17.3 | 6 | 15.4 | 100 | |||||