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 | ||||||||||
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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 |