Fig. 1.

Overview of the study. a Map of Madagascar (generated by the first author) indicating the location of the 5 selected sites. Bar: 100 km. Area colors indicate bioclimates, see “Methods” for details. Dark green: humid, light green: sub-humid, grey: montane, beige: dry, brown: sub-arid. b Genetic authentication of 3 randomly selected animals per site. The number of single-nucleotide variants in the mitochondrial cytochrome B gene was 0 for all animals tested. c Numbers of animals that were analyzed at each site. d Catch efficiencies (number of catches for 2 persons per hour) for each site