Table 1. Comparison of the methods used to group species for the analysis.

Species	Taxonomy group	Habitat group	Blood meal group
African painted dog	Canidae	Non-sedentary mixed	Low
Buffalo	Bovinae	Non-sedentary mixed	Medium
Bushbuck	Bovinae	Sedentary closed	High
Crocodile	Crocodilinae	Aquatic	Low
Duiker	Cephalophinae	Sedentary closed	Low
Eland	Bovinae	Non-sedentary closed	Medium
Elephant	Elephantidae	Non-sedentary mixed	Medium
Giraffe	Giraffidae	Non-sedentary closed	Medium
Greater Kudu	Bovinae	Sedentary closed	High
Grysbok	Antilopinae	Sedentary closed	Low
Hartebeest	Alcelaphinae	Sedentary open	Low
Hippo	Hippopotamidae	Aquatic	High
Hyaena	Hyaenidae	Sedentary closed	Low
Impala	Aepycerotinae	Sedentary mixed	Low
Leopard	Pantherinae	Sedentary closed	Low
Lion	Pantherinae	Non-sedentary mixed	Low
Puku	Reduncinae	Sedentary open	Low
Reedbuck	Reduncinae	Sedentary open	Low
Roan	Hippotraginae	Sedentary mixed	Low
Vervet monkey	Cercopithecinae	Sedentary closed	Low
Warthog	Suidae	Sedentary mixed	High
Waterbuck	Reduncinae	Sedentary closed	Low
Wildebeest	Alcelaphinae	Non-sedentary open	Medium
Zebra	Equidae	Non-sedentary open	Low

For blood meal group low = <5% of total blood meals, medium = 5–10%, high = >10%.