Table 3. Prey species proportional biomass contributing to lion diet, as detected from kills, faecal samples and observed hunts.

Species	Kill proportional biomass for males	Kill proportional biomass for females	Faecal sample proportional biomass	Observed hunt proportional biomass (Loveridge et al., 2006)
Buffalo	0.58	0.39	0.33	0.49
Elephant	0.23	0.20	0.09	0.16
Giraffe	0.07	0.18	0.20	0.09
Kudu	0.02	0.08	0.14	–
Zebra	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
Medium Bovidae	0.05	0.08	0.18	–
Suidae	0.004	0.01	0.01	–
Small Antelopes	0.001	0.001	0.01	–