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. 2012 Apr 11;7(4):e33391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033391

Table 2. Cultivars most commonly recorded eaten by chimpanzees.

Crop1 Part Eaten2 No. Sites (n = 27) % Sites3
Confirmed (All records)
Mango Fruit 10 (12) 37.0–44.4%
Banana Fruit, Pith 8 (16) 29.6–59.3%
Sugarcane Pith 8 (13) 29.6–48.1%
Papaya Fruit 7 (11) 25.9–40.1%
Maize Fruit, Pith 6 (12) 22.2–44.4%
Cocoa Fruit 3 (7) 11.1–25.9%
1

Crops listed are those recorded eaten at ≥25% of sites.

2

Banana fruit- and pith-eating, and maize fruit- and pith-eating, were not distinguished because part(s) eaten was not specified in some reports. For these crops the number of site records for each specified part is shown in Table 1.

3

Percentage ranges indicate the % sites at which each crop was confirmed eaten (lower value) and recorded eaten (confirmed and unconfirmed combined: higher value).