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. 2014 Aug 4;3(3):227–235. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.07.001

Table 1.

Taxonomic categories of prey items. Order and class are comprised of total number of prey items identified from that category. Prey contents identified only as Actinopterygii, Decapoda, Gastropoda, Insecta, Coeloptera, Mammalia, Rodentia, and Testudines marked (*) contained prey fragments identified to only these categories.

Taxonomic categories Total prey contents
Gastropoda (total) 41
Gastropoda* 1
 Architaenioglossa 40
 Ampullariidae 40
Annelida (total) 1
 Hirudinea 1
Merostomata (total) 30
 Xiphosura 30
 Limulidae 30
Insecta (total) 32
Insecta* 7
 Coeloptera 18
 Coeloptera* 15
 Carabidae 1
 Dytiscidae 2
 Hymneoptera 3
 Odonata 3
 Orthoptera 1
Malacostraca (total) 182
Decapoda 182
Decapoda* 1
 Cambaridae 156
 Menippidae 1
 Palaemonidae 14
 Panopeidae 1
 Portunidae 4
 Sesarmidae 5
Actinopterygii (total) 58
Actinopterygii* 44
 Cyprinodontiformes 5
 Cyprinodontidae 4
 Poeciliidae 1
 Perciformes 3
 Centrarchidae 1
 Sciaenidae 2
 Mugiliformes 1
 Mugilidae 1
 Lepisosteifromes 4
 Lepisosteidae 4
 Siluriformes 1
 Ariidae 1
Reptilia (total) 11
 Crocodylia 1
 Alligatoridae 1
 Testudines 7
 Testudines* 6
 Kinosternidae 1
 Squamata 3
 Colubridae 3
Aves (total) 13
Mammalia (total) 32
Mammalia* 14
 Carnivora 7
 Procyonidae 7
 Lagomorpha 1
 Rodentia 10
 Rodentia* 4
 Muridae 5
 Cricetidae 1