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. 2015 Mar 19;10(3):e0120975. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120975

Table 4. Mass (kg per scat) of large herbivore species in the diets of wild dogs and foxes in Victorian regions, based on analysis of scats collected during 1983–2014. Sample sizes are provided in Table 1.

kg per scat
Taxa All regions Mallee Wimmera Northern North East West/South Central North South
regions Country East Gippsland Gippsland Central West
Wild dog
 Sheep 0.0314 0.1414 0.1313 0.0418 0.0121 0.0129 0.0022 0.0204 0 0.0593
 Cattle 0.0483 0.0533 0 0.1654 0.0423 0.0448 0.0437 0.0809 0 0.1956
 Goat 0.0080 0.0225 0 0 0.0028 0.0022 0.0061 0.0163 0.0042 0.0992
 Sambar deer 0.0398 0 0 0 0.0648 0 0.0177 0.0358 0.1747 0
 Hog deer 0.0002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Red deer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Undetermined deer species 0.0038 0 0 0 0.0056 0 0.0108 0.0042 0.007495 0
 Horse 0.0008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0123 0 0
 Pig 0.0011 0 0 0 0.0009 0.0011 0 0.0034 0 0.0133
 Eastern grey kangaroo 0.0089 0 0 0.0549 0.0084 0.0142 0.0039 0.0224 0 0
 Western grey kangaroo 0.0149 0.0981 0.0615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0540
 Red kangaroo 0.0023 0.0165 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fox
 Sheep 0.0664 0.1185 0.1070 0.1500 0.0072 0.0035 0.0020 0.0409 0 0.0209
 Cattle 0.0255 0.0325 0.0193 0.0743 0.0124 0.0274 0.0159 0.0463 0 0
 Goat 0.0049 0.0084 0.0133 0 0.0011 0 0.0018 0.0027 0 0.003
 Sambar deer 0.0045 0 0 0 0.0088 0 0.0481 0 0 0
 Hog deer 0.0003 0 0 0 0 0 0.0078 0 0 0
 Red deer 0.0002 0 0.0152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Undetermined deer species 0.0005 0 0.0079 0 0.0005 0 0.0033 0.0024 0 0
 Horse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Pig 0.0002 0 0 0 0.0004 0 0 0.0020 0 0
 Eastern grey kangaroo 0.0031 0 0.0213 0.0575 0.0060 0.0030 0.0018 0.0038 0 0.0052
 Western grey kangaroo 0.0230 0.0417 0.0417 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0791
 Red kangaroo 0.0066 0.0136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0