Table 2. Prevalence of six helminth taxa identified by aDNA analysis of moa coprolites.

		Dart River Valley				Euphrates Cave
		Anomalopteryx didiformis	Dinornis robustus	Pachyornis elephantopus	Megalapteryx didinus	Megalapteryx didinus
	Coprolites analysed (n)	1	3	2	4	6
	Minimum individual birds #	1	2	2	4	6
	Total clones *	22/0	27/21	14/0	95/40	75/0
Sequence group	Identity
1	Cryptosporidium	–	–	–	0.25	–
2	Eimeriorina sp. 1	–	–	–	1.0	0.17
3	Eimeriorina sp. 2	–	0.33	–	–	–
4	Heterakoidea	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.17
5	Trichostrongylidae	–	–	–	–	0.17
6	Echinostomida	–	–	–	1.0	0.67

^#minimum individual moa represented by analysed coprolites based on moa haplotypes and radiocarbon dates;

^*number of clones obtained using Nem18S primers/Nem18Slong primers.