Zoological Studies

Table 2 Number of grid cells within the study area that fulfilled the four hotspot criteria

Hotspot criteria fulfilled	Grid cells within the study area	Highest protection, i.e., national parks	Nature reserves	Forest reserves	Wildlife refuges	Medium-to-high protection	Major wildlife habitats	Low-to-high protection
4	47	8 (17.0%)	6 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (29.8%)	28 (59.6%)	41 (87.2%)
3	428	82 (19.2%)	84 (19.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	168 (39.3%)	143 (33.4%)	306 (71.5%)
2	858	109 (12.7%)	110 (12.8%)	12 (1.4%)	5 (0.6%)	232 (27.0%)	437 (38.1%)	529 (61.7%)
1	1,609	290 (18.0%)	129 (8.0%)	22 (1.4%)	20 (1.2%)	438 (27.2%)	416 (25.9%)	781 (48.5%)
0	33,080	3,066 (9.3%)	561 (1.7%)	350 (1.1%)	389 (1.2%)	3,965 (12.0%)	3,191 (9.7%)	6,583 (19.9%)
Total	36,022	3,555	890	386	414	4,817	4,817	8,240

Columns 3 to 9 show how many of the grid cells of column 2 fell within the various protected area categories, followed by the percentages in brackets (e.g., for hotspot criterion 4, eight of a total of 47 grid cells (17.0%) were inside national parks). Note that the highest protection level (i.e., national parks) plus nature reserves, forest reserves, and wildlife refuges was defined as medium-to-high protection and that the addition of major wildlife habitats was then defined as low-to-high protection (see the 'Methods’ section for details).