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Table 1 Preparations of stomach contents from road-killed specimens and fecal samples of the leopard cat P. bengalensis

From: Molecular analysis for investigating dietary habits: genetic screening of prey items in scat and stomach contents of leopard cats Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus

 

Order

Date

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation (m)

Contents

Stomach contents

1

18 October 2005

35°30′11.78″N

127°31′40″E

210

Apodemus agrarius, plant, insect, parasite

2

24 October 2005

35°29′16.83″N

127°29′21.93″E

211

Rattus norvegicus, plant

3

20 November 2005

35°28′40.93″N

127°28′39.18″E

213

Crocidura shantungensis, Apodemus agrarius, fish

4

5 December 2005

35°12′11.08″N

127°29′37.08″E

25

Rattus norvegicus, Monopterus albus

5

8 January 2006

35°29′44.24″N

127°30′40.92″E

231

Rattus norvegicus, Phasianus colchicus, parasite

6

17 February 2006

35°24′21.4″N

127°25′11.6″E

128

Tamias sibiricus

7

30 April 2006

35°11′42.01″N

127°36′49.29″E

15

Apodemus agrarius

8

18 May 2006

35°26′35.9″N

127°26′4.22″E

128

Crocidura shantungensis, Crocidura lasiura, Apodemus agrarius, Rattus norvegicus, Micromys minutus, Rana nigromaculata, insect

9

20 May 2006

35°13′17.8″N

127°28′07.4″E

133

Sciurus vulgaris, Tamias sibiricus, parasite

10

31 August 2006

35°11′40.84″N

127°36′50.74″E

14

Rattus norvegicus, Apodemus agrarius

11

30 September 2006

35°13′31.59″N

127°27′36.77″E

33

Empty

Scat

1

22 July 2006

37°12′51.00″N

129°08′54.00″E

895

Turdus pallidus, Rattus norvegicus

2

25 October 2011

34°28′55.57″N

127°27′18.57″E

47

Apodemus agrarius, Rattus norvegicus

3

30 September 2011

35°05′38.10″N

126°56′16.95″E

106

Apodemus agrarius, Micromys minutus

4

28 November 2011

35°06′06.01″N

126°56′16.86″E

90

Phasianus colchicus

  1. In total, 61 subsamples (56 from stomach contents and 5 blind bone fragments isolated from scat) were used for genetic screening.