Table 3. Results of SIMPER analyses indicating the contribution of specific operational taxonomic units (OTUs) to observed differences in scent pouch community structure among spotted hyena clans. The abbreviations refer to the sampled clans: SC = Southern Comfort, MR = Mara River, FT = Fig Tree, EH = Emarti Hill.

Clan A vs. B	Overall Average Dissimilarity	Five Most Influential OTUs	Percent Contribution to Difference	Average Percent Abundance in Clan A ± SEM	Average Percent Abundance in Clan B ± SEM
SC vs. MR	49.7	7	16.6	6.07 ± 2.41	22.58 ± 2.25
		1	13.8	4.63 ± 0.66	18.33 ± 1.91
		4	12.0	16.53 ± 1.29	4.62 ± 2.55
		6	10.0	11.08 ± 0.42	1.17 ± 0.41
		9	8.9	29.28 ± 2.88	25.96 ± 4.92
SC vs. FT	54.6	4	14.2	16.53 ± 1.29	1.05 ± 0.55
		6	14.1	11.08 ± 0.42	15.50 ± 9.07
		1	13.3	4.63 ± 0.66	18.67 ± 12.59
		9	11.2	29.28 ± 2.88	18.26 ± 6.30
		55	7.0	0.02 ± 0.02	7.62 ± 4.69
SC vs. EH	47.7	7	24.6	6.07 ± 2.41	26.14 ± 13.68
		4	11.6	16.53 ± 1.29	5.47 ± 2.60
		1	10.8	4.63 ± 0.66	14.89 ± 3.50
		9	8.7	29.28 ± 2.88	24.10 ± 4.08
		63	6.7	1.39 ± 0.72	6.46 ± 5.70
MR vs. FT	53.9	1	17.3	18.33 ± 1.91	18.67 ± 12.59
		6	14.3	1.17 ± 0.41	15.50 ± 9.07
		7	12.8	22.58 ± 2.25	8.74 ± 2.58
		9	11.0	25.96 ± 4.92	18.26 ± 6.30
		55	6.9	1.40 ± 0.89	7.62 ± 4.69