Table 1. Prey taxa identified in the diets of the leopard cat (LPC) and Asiatic golden cat (AGC) in northern Sichuan, China.
| Accession no. | Putative taxon | No. of occurrence in LPC faeces (n = 93) | No. of occurrence in AGC faeces (n = 10) | Sequences with maximum identity in GenBank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | common name | species | Maximum identity | Accession no. | |||
| Rodentia | |||||||
| KU254241- KU254242 | Niviventer confucianus | Chinese white-bellied rat | 58 | 2 | Niviventer confucianus | 100 | KJ152220.1 |
| KU254243- KU254245 | Apodemus draco | South China field mouse | 41 | 0 | Apodemus draco | 99 | HQ333255.1 |
| KU254246- KU254250 | Eothenomys chinensis | Sichuan Chinese vole | 35 | 1 | Eothenomys chinensis | 96 | FJ483847.1 |
| KU254251- KU254254 | Niviventer excelsior | Large white-bellied rat | 25 | 1 | Niviventer excelsior | 100 | JQ927552.1 |
| KU254255- KU254256 | Eothenomys melanogaster | Père David’s vole | 18 | 0 | Eothenomys melanogaster | 99 | KP997311.1 |
| KU254259 | Apodemus chevrieri | Chevrier’s field mouse | 5 | 0 | Apodemus chevrieri | 100 | HQ896683.1 |
| KU254260 | Leopoldamys edwardsi | Edwards’s long-tailed giant rat | 5 | 0 | Leopoldamys edwardsi | 99 | KM434322.1 |
| KU254261 | Trogopterus xanthipes | Complex-toothed flying squirrel | 2 | 1 | Trogopterus xanthipes | 100 | AY227546.1 |
| KU254257- KU254258 | Rhizomys sinensis | Chinese bamboo rat | 1 | 4 | Rhizomys sinensis | 100 | AF326254.1 |
| KU254262 | Sciurotamias davidianus | Chinese rock squirrel | 1 | 1 | Sciurotamias davidianus | 99 | AY227554.1 |
| KU254264 | Apodemus peninsulae | Korean field mouse | 1 | 0 | Apodemus peninsulae | 98 | AJ311142.1 |
| KU254265 | Hystrix brachyura | Malayan porcupine | 1 | 0 | Hystrix brachyura | 100 | AY012117.1 |
| KU254263 | Dremomys pernyi | Perny’s long-nosed squirrel | 0 | 1 | Dremomys rufigenis* | 97 | KC447304.1 |
| Lagomorpha | |||||||
| KU254235- KU254240 | Ochotona spp. | Pikas | 71 | 3 | Ochotona curzoniae | 99 | KM225729.1 |
| Carnivora | |||||||
| KU254278 | Carnivora (?) | ? | 27 | 2 | Mustela erminea | 94 | KM091450.1 |
| KU254279 | Felidae (?) | ? | 1 | 0 | Panthera tigris* | 94 | EU983280.1 |
| Galliformes | |||||||
| KU254287 | Tragopan temminckii | Temminck’s tragopan | 15 | 6 | Tragopan temminckii | 100 | FJ752427.1 |
| KU254288 | Gallus gallus | Red jungle fowl | 7 | 2 | Gallus gallus | 100 | KM096864.1 |
| KU254289 | Chrysolophus pictus | Golden pheasant | 3 | 0 | Chrysolophus pictus | 100 | KC749452.1 |
| KU254290 | Bambusicola thoracicus | Chinese bamboo partridge | 1 | 0 | Bambusicola thoracicus | 98 | KC749450.1 |
| Passeriformes | |||||||
| KU254280 | Passeriformes | ? | 8 | 1 | Hirundo rustica/Hirundo daurica/Leiothrix lutea | 99 | KP148840.1/KJ499911.1/JQ423933.1 |
| KU254283 | Timaliidae | Old World babblers | 4 | 0 | Alcippe morrisonia/Garrulax ocellatus | 100 | AY167412.1/AF484898.1 |
| KU254281 | Prinia inornata | Plain prinia | 4 | 1 | Prinia subflava* | 100 | AY136564.1 |
| KU254282 | Turdidae | Thrushes | 2 | 1 | Luscinia cyanura/Phoenicurus auroreus | 99 | KF997864.1/KF997863.1 |
| KU254284 | Alcippe chrysotis | Golden-breasted fulvetta | 2 | 0 | Alcippe chrysotis | 100 | AF484888.1 |
| KU254285 | Yuhina spp. | Yuhinas | 2 | 0 | Yuhina nigrimenta | 95 | AF376919.1 |
| Soricomorpha | |||||||
| KU254266 | Episoriculus macrurus | Long-tailed mountain shrew | 7 | 1 | Episoriculus macrurus | 99 | GU981048.1 |
| KU254267 | Sorex spp. | Shrews | 7 | 0 | Sorex cylindricauda/Sorex minutus | 99 | KF696672.1/EF027290.1 |
| KU254268 | Scaptonyx fusicaudus | Long-tailed mole | 3 | 0 | Scaptonyx fusicaudus | 98 | AB106232.1 |
| KU254269 | Uropsilus soricipes | Chinese shrew mole | 3 | 0 | Uropsilus soricipes | 100 | JQ658979.1 |
| KU254270 | Soricinae | Red-toothed shrews | 1 | 0 | Cryptotis parva*/Blarina brevicauda* | 96 | JN393209.1/S73801.1 |
| Artiodactyla | |||||||
| KU254274 | Sus scrofa | Wild boar | 9 | 2 | Sus scrofa | 100 | KM275217.1 |
| KU254275 | Budorcas taxicolor | Takin | 3 | 2 | Budorcas taxicolor | 100 | FJ006534.1 |
| KU254276 | Naemorhedus griseus | Chinese goral | 2 | 0 | Naemorhedus griseus | 100 | KF500173.1 |
| KU254277 | Moschus berezovskii | Forest musk deer | 0 | 1 | Moschus berezovskii | 100 | EU043465.1 |
| Primates | |||||||
| KU254271 | Rhinopithecus roxellana | Golden snub-nosed monkey | 2 | 1 | Rhinopithecus roxellana | 100 | JQ821835.1 |
| KU254272- KU254273 | Macaca mulatta | Rhesus macaque | 0 | 1 | Macaca mulatta | 98 | AJ842854.1 |
| Anseriformes | |||||||
| KU254291 | Anas spp. | Ducks | 2 | 0 | Anas crecca/Anas platyrhynchos/Anas acuta/Anas poecilorhyncha/Anas clypeata/Anas querquedula | 100 | KC466567.1/KJ833587.1/KF312717.1/KF751616.1/KF469288.1/AF173691.1 |
| Lacertiformes | |||||||
| KU254292 | Plestiodon capito | Yellow-striped skink | 1 | 0 | Plestiodon elegans* | 97 | KM017746.1 |
| Cypriniformes | |||||||
| KU254293 | Cyprinidae | Carps | 1 | 0 | Ctenopharyngodon idella/Hypophthalmichthys molitrix | 100 | JQ231115.1/JQ231114.1 |
Putative taxa were identified with the aid of species distribution information. Sequences with maximum identity only show locally occurring species; a species is indicated by an asterisk (*) if the species with maximum sequence identity is not known to inhabit the study area. Question marks (?) indicate that taxonomic identification requires further information.