Table 1.

Average adult female weights of lion prey species detected during monthly Western Corridor census surveys [98]

Common name	Scientific name	Weight (kg)
Giraffe	Giraffa camelopardalis	800
Buffalo	Syncerus caffer	450
Zebra	Equus quagga	250
Wildebeest	Connochaetes taurinus	170
Topi	Damaliscus lunatus	120
Waterbuck	Kobus ellipsiprymnus	180
Warthog	Phacochoerus aethiopicusafricanus	60
Grant’s gazelle	Nanger granti	55
Impala	Aepyceros melampus	50
Thomson’s gazelle	Eudorcas thomsonii	20
Olive baboon	Papio anubis	20