Table 1.
Species | IUCN | Traits | |||||||
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English name | Daasanach name | Scientific name | Status | Population trend | Body mass (kg) | Activity period | Population density (number/m2) | Social organization | Size of prey |
Caracal | Kasaante' | Caracal caracal | LC | Unknown | 12 | Nocturnal | – | Flexible | Very small |
Cheetah | Gosoch | Acinonyx jubatus | VU | Decreasing | 51 | Diurnal | 0.01 | Solitary | Medium |
Jackal* | Baich | Canis anthus | LC | Decreasing | 10 | Nocturnal-Crepuscular | 0.23 | Flexible | Very small |
Canis mesomelas | Stable | 8 | Nocturnal-Crepuscular | 0.74 | Flexible | Small | |||
Leopard | Mo'r dhatka' | Panthera pardus | VU | Decreasing | 52 | Nocturnal-Crepuscular | 0.07 | Flexible | Medium |
Lion | Luoch | Panthera leo | VU | Decreasing | 159 | Nocturnal | 0.11 | Group | Large |
Spotted hyaena | Lool | Crocuta crocuta | LC | Decreasing | 63 | Nocturnal | 0.12 | Group | Large |
Striped hyaena | Na'gera | Hyaena hyaena | NT | Decreasing | 35 | Nocturnal-Crepuscular | – | Flexible | Very small** |
*Jackal includes African golden wolf/Black-backed jackal (see “Materials and methods” section)
**Primarily scavenger on carcasses of large vertebrates, supplemented by hunting small vertebrates