Table 1.

Mammal populations sampled in Kirindy Mitea Biosphere, Madagascar

Study species	Scientific name	Diet category	Gut physiology	Substrate use	Home range (km2)	Supplemental references
Zebu cattle	Bos t. indicus	Herbivore	Foregut fermenter	Terrestrial	NA	1, 2
African bush pig	Potamochoerus larvatus	Omnivore	Simple gut	Terrestrial	7.2	3–5
Fossa	Cryptoprocta ferox	Carnivore	Simple gut	Semi-terrestrial	9.2	1, 6–8
Verreaux’s sifaka	Propithecus verreauxi	Flexible folivore	Hindgut fermenter	Arboreal	0.15	9–14
Red-tailed sportive lemur	Lepilemur ruficaudatus	Flexible folivore	Hindgut fermenter	Arboreal	<0.01	15–18
Red-fronted brown lemur	Eulemur rufifrons	Flexible frugivore	Simple gut	Semi-terrestrial	0.21	9, 19, 20