Table 1. List of medium to large terrestrial mammal species (> 0.5 kg) camera trapped in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
| Independent events | Survey-level RAI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry season | Wet season | Dry season | Wet season | |||||||
| Taxonomic group | Latin name | Common name | Random | Trail-based | Random | Trail-based | Random | Trail-based | Random | Trail-based |
| Primata | Cercopithecus pygerythrus | Vervet monkey | 9 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 0.32 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.66 |
| Papio cynocephalus | Yellow baboon | 95 | 120 | 67 | 102 | 3.34 | 4.26 | 2.85 | 3.99 | |
| Carnivora | Canis mesomelas | Black-backed jackal | 44 | 133 | 30 | 65 | 1.55 | 4.72 | 1.28 | 2.54 |
| Octocyon megalotis | Bat-eared fox | 44 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 1.55 | 0.99 | 1.11 | 0.59 | |
| Lycaon pictus | African wild dog | - | - | - | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | |
| Mellivora capensis | Honey badger | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.16 | |
| Mungos mungo | Banded mongoose | 3 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 0.11 | 0.67 | 0.17 | 0.27 | |
| Bdeogale crassicauda | Bushy-tailed mongoose | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| Herpestes sanguinea | Slender mongoose | 9 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 0.09 | 0.27 | |
| Ichneumia albicauda | White-tailed mongoose | 35 | 59 | 11 | 26 | 1.23 | 2.09 | 0.47 | 1.02 | |
| Crocuta crocuta | Spotted hyena | 99 | 211 | 62 | 165 | 3.48 | 7.48 | 2.64 | 6.45 | |
| Proteles cristata | Aardwolf | 19 | 78 | 28 | 48 | 0.67 | 2.77 | 1.19 | 1.88 | |
| Genetta genetta | Common genet | 18 | 60 | 15 | 26 | 0.63 | 2.13 | 0.64 | 1.02 | |
| Genetta tigrina | Blotched genet | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 | |
| Civettictis civetta | African civet | 15 | 35 | 4 | 11 | 0.53 | 1.24 | 0.17 | 0.43 | |
| Felis sylvestris | Wild cat | 2 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.85 | 0.26 | 0.08 | |
| Felis serval | Serval | 4 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 0.14 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.70 | |
| Felis caracal | Caracal | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.08 | |
| Acinonyx jubatus | Cheetah | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.04 | |
| Panthera pardus | Leopard | 12 | 54 | 10 | 36 | 0.42 | 1.91 | 0.43 | 1.41 | |
| Panthera leo | Lion | 12 | 44 | 8 | 40 | 0.42 | 1.56 | 0.34 | 1.56 | |
| Pholidota | Smutsia temminckii | Ground pangolin | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Rodentia | Hystrix cristata | Crested porcupine | 1 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0.04 | 0.82 | 0.13 | 0.78 |
| Ungulata | Orycteropus afer | Aardvark | 13 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.21 | 0.51 |
| Loxodonta africana | African elephant | 354 | 428 | 1146 | 1671 | 12.45 | 15.18 | 48.83 | 65.35 | |
| Equus quagga | Common zebra | 162 | 172 | 144 | 168 | 5.70 | 6.10 | 6.14 | 6.57 | |
| Hippopotamus amphibious | Hippopotamus | 42 | 123 | 66 | 201 | 1.48 | 4.36 | 2.81 | 7.86 | |
| Potamochoerus larvatus | Bush pig | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.16 | |
| Phacochoerus africanus | Warthog | 34 | 36 | 68 | 84 | 1.20 | 1.28 | 2.90 | 3.29 | |
| Giraffa camelopardalis | Giraffe | 229 | 390 | 110 | 165 | 8.05 | 13.83 | 4.69 | 6.45 | |
| Syncerus caffer | African buffalo | 10 | 12 | - | - | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Tragelaphus scriptus | Bushbuck | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| Tragelaphus imberbis | Lesser kudu | 20 | 25 | 44 | 28 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 1.87 | 1.10 | |
| Tragelaphus strepsiceros | Greater kudu | 170 | 215 | 88 | 112 | 5.98 | 7.62 | 3.75 | 4.38 | |
| Taurotragus oryx | Eland | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.35 | |
| Sylvicapra grimmia | Bush duiker | 60 | 41 | 14 | 36 | 2.11 | 1.45 | 0.60 | 1.41 | |
| Oreotragus oreotragus | Klipspringer | - | 2 | - | 1 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| Madoqua kirkii | Kirk's dikdik | 52 | 139 | 69 | 146 | 1.83 | 4.93 | 2.94 | 5.71 | |
| Gazella granti | Grant's gazelle | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.16 | |
| Aepyceros melampus | Impala | 1173 | 1929 | 996 | 1103 | 41.26 | 68.40 | 42.44 | 43.14 | |
| Kobus ellipsiprymnus | Waterbuck | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.13 | 0.23 | |
The number of independent photographic events and the survey-level relative abundance index (RAI) are given for each season (dry and wet) and type of survey (random versus trail-based placement).