Table 3.
Paternity (and maternity) assignments for 47 cheetah cub litters. (Note: column one lists mother–cub unit number, mother ID (or the numbers of candidate mothers for the last 3 litters) and litter's date of birth. Columns 4 and 6 give the best and second best inferences about parentage of, and sibship between, cubs in a litter, inferred full-sib cubs are placed in brackets, with their inferred parent placed before the bracket (N before a bracket indicates parentage assigned to an individual not included among candidates). Columns 5 and 7 give corresponding posterior probabilities of the two inferences. For the first 44 litters of cubs, the mothers are known and inferences are made about paternity and full sibship of cubs. For litters numbered 45, 46 and 47, both maternity and paternity are inferred. Paternity inferred with relatively high confidence is shown in bold. Rows shown in italics show the analysis results for combined litters from the same mother for different reproductive cycles.)
| group—mother ID—dob | no. of cubs | no. of male candidates | inference 1 | prob. 1 | inference 2 | prob. 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1—Rays—9/02 | 3 | 47 | N(190C1, 190C2, 190C3) | 0.97 | ||
| 2—Prune—6/02 | 3 | 38 | N(PruFC2, PruMC); N(PruFC1) | 0.59 | ||
| 3—Meryl—6/02 | 3 | 39 | N(MerMC1, MerMC2, MerC) | 0.99 | ||
| 4—Chaumes—8/01 | 3 | 33 | N(Gus, ChaFC1, ChaFC2) | 0.70 | ||
| 5—Char—9/96 | 2 | 23 | N(CharC2, CharC1) | 1.00 | ||
| 6—Pista—9/01 | 2 | 37 | N(Pean, Braz) | 0.63 | N(Pean); N(Braz) | 0.28 |
| 7—Pean—10/03 | 1 | 55 | 57M(Almo) | 0.55 | N(Almo) | 0.45 |
| 8—Mou—6/02 | 2 | 40 | N(3417C1, 3417C2) | 1.00 | ||
| 9—Mou—3/01 | 1 | 33 | Mr Big(3327MC) | 0.66 | N(3327MC) | 0.34 |
| 10—Mou—11/03 | 1 | 65 | N(3601UC1) | 0.99 | ||
| 8-9-10—Mou | 4 | 65 | N(3417C1, 3417C2); N(3327MC); N(3601UC1) | 0.48 | N(3417C1, 3417C2); Mr Big(3327MC); N(3601UC1) | 0.48 |
| 11—Coco—11/98 | 4 | 26 | N(Ben, Haag, Jerry, Tira) | 0.88 | ||
| 12—Snuf—2/02 | 1 | 40 | N(SnufC1) | 0.99 | ||
| 13—Hazel—5/98 | 3 | 24 | N(HazFC1, Pecan, Pista) | 0.60 | N(HazFC1); N(Pecan, Pista) | 0.18 |
| 14—Pecan—8/01 | 1 | 37 | N(Pine) | 1.00 | ||
| 15—Pecan—5/03 | 2 | 50 | N(Tita); N(Ober) | 0.40 | YPM(Tita); N(Ober) | 0.16 |
| 14-15—Pecan | 3 | 49 | N(Pine); N(Tita); N(Ober) | 0.35 | YPM (Pine); N(Tita); N(Ober) | 0.14 |
| 16—Angie—12/01 | 1 | 40 | N(Sika) | 0.87 | ||
| 17—Siku—5/95 | 1 | 22 | N(Angie) | 0.99 | ||
| 18—Siku—4/92 | 1 | 19 | N(Talis) | 0.71 | 57M(Talis) | 0.29 |
| 17-18—Siku | 2 | 22 | N(Angie); N(Talis) | 0.75 | N(Angie); 57M(Talis) | 0.24 |
| 19—Angie—5/03 | 1 | 50 | 184M2(AnFC1) | 1.00 | ||
| 16-19—Angie | 2 | 50 | N(Sika); 184M2(AnFC1) | 0.91 | 184M2(AnFC1); 3037(Sika) | 0.04 |
| 20—Talis—4/98 | 1 | 24 | N(Amar) | 0.99 | ||
| 21—Amar—5/02 | 4 | 40 | Ben(154C2, 154C3, AmC4); Jerry(154C1) | 0.55 | Ben(154C2, 154C3, AmC4); N(154C1) | 0.44 |
| 22—Amar—4/04 | 1 | 62 | Tisa(Musc) | 0.74 | ||
| 21-22—Amar | 5 | 62 | Ben(154C2, 154C3, AmC4); N(154C1); Tisa(Musc) | 0.43 | Tisa(Musc); Ben(154C2, 154C3, AmC4); Jerry(154C1) | 0.30 |
| 23—Lemu—5/02 | 1 | 40 | N(LemuC) | 0.99 | ||
| 24—Towe—4/96 | 2 | 23 | N(Pepo); N(Roho) | 0.46 | N(Pepo, Roho) | 0.22 |
| 25—Came—1/98 | 1 | 24 | N(Camba) | 1.00 | ||
| 26—Twirl—4/98 | 1 | 24 | N(Val) | 0.99 | ||
| 27—Twirl—6/95 | 2 | 22 | N(Prune); N(Rays) | 0.35 | N(Prune, Rays) | 0.35 |
| 26-27—Twirl | 3 | 24 | N(Val); N(Prune); N(Rays) | 0.34 | N(Val); N(Prune, Rays) | 0.33 |
| 28—SB178—7/02 | 4 | 40 | N(178C1, 178C2, 178C3, 178C4) | 0.98 | ||
| 29—Fusi—9/02 | 3 | 46 | N(FusC1); Brad(FusC2, FusiC3) | 0.99 | ||
| 30—Tira—1/03 | 1 | 46 | N(TiraFC) | 0.84 | ||
| 31—Pina—4/03 | 1 | 55 | Owen (PinaC) | 0.91 | ||
| 32—Devo—12/02 | 5 | 46 | N(DevC2, DevC4, DevC5); N(DevC3); N(DevC6) | 0.41 | N(DevC2, DevC4, DevC5); N(DevC3, DevC6) | 0.24 |
| 33—Aman—10/03 | 3 | 55 | N(AmaC1, AmaC2, AmaC3) | 0.99 | ||
| 34—Elai—1/04 | 1 | 58 | N(3400C) | 0.97 | ||
| 35—Stre—4/01 | 1 | 33 | N(StreC1) | 0.60 | ||
| 36—Stre—2/04 | 3 | 62 | N(StreC2, StreC3); N(StreC4) | 0.32 | N(StreC2); Joey(StreC3, StreC4) | 0.19 |
| 35-36—Stre | 4 | 62 | N(StreC1); N(StreC2, StreC3); N(StreC4) | 0.20 | N(StreC1); Joey(StreC4, StreC3); N(StreC2) | 0.13 |
| 37—Bell—3/02 | 2 | 40 | 3575M2(3148FC, 3148MC) | 0.88 | ||
| 38—Frasca—3/02 | 1 | 40 | Pepo(Tequ) | 1.00 | ||
| 39—Aadje—12/01 | 3 | 40 | N(AdMC, Jojo, AdFC) | 0.98 | ||
| 40—Aadje—4/00 | 1 | 27 | N(Tisa) | 0.77 | ||
| 41—Aadje—4/03 | 3 | 50 | N(AdC1, AdC2, AdC3) | 0.92 | N(AdC3, AdC1); 57M(AdC2) | 0.02 |
| 39-40-41—Aadje | 7 | 49 | N(AdMC, Jojo, AdFC); N(Tisa); N(AdC3, AdC1, AdC2) | 0.77 | N(AdMC, Jojo, dFC); 3575M2(Tisa); N(AdC3, AdC1, AdC2) | 0.12 |
| 42—Carrie | 3 | 46 | N(CaMC, CaFC1); N(CaFC2) | 0.37 | N(CarMC, CarFC1); Mick(CarFC2) | 0.28 |
| 43—Ginger | 1 | 55 | N(GiMC) | 0.48 | Mick(GiMC) | 0.46 |
| 44—3315—2/01 | 3 | 33 | N(3315C2, 3315C3); N(3315C1) | 0.30 | N(3315C2, 3315C1); N(3315C3) | 0.21 |
| 45-(30)—5/03 | 1 | 50 | 3575M2(AngCa) | 0.47 | N(AngCa) | 0.46 |
| 45—maternity (30) | 1 | 50 | Stre(AngCa) | 0.97 | ||
| 46-(32)—2/02 | 1 | 40 | N(SnufCa) | 0.68 | 57M(SnufCa) | 0.19 |
| 46—maternity (32) | 1 | 40 | N(SnufCa) | 0.87 | Twirl(SnufCa) | 0.08 |
| 47-(32)—12/02 | 1 | 46 | N(DevCa) | 0.95 | ||
| 47–maternity (32) | 1 | 46 | N(DevCa) | 0.95 |
Adopted cubs.