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| Braczkowski, A.; Watson, L.; Coulson, D.; Lucas, J.; Peiser, B.; Rossi, M. | |
| The diet of caracal, Caracal caracal, in two areas of the southern Cape, South Africa, as determined by scat analysis | |
| 2012 South African Journal of Wildlife Research (42): 111-116 | |
Caracal (_Caracal caracal_) diet in southern Africa has primarily been quantified in protected areas dominated by natural vegetation. Here we present data on the diet of caracal ranging in two coastal landscapes (George and Vleesbaai, South Africa) with considerable anthropogenic modification (pine plantation and agricultural land). In terms of the corrected frequency of occurrence (CFO), rodents dominated the diet (>70%) and the vlei rat (_Otomys irroratus_) formed the bulk in terms of volume of the rodents recorded in the diet at both sites. Bushbuck (_Tragelaphus scriptus_) formed an important component of the diet in George (11.4% CFO) while small carnivores comprised 11.6%CFOin Vleesbaai.Although our results are relevant in light of the extensively modified vegetation of this part of South Africa's coastal region, they are unlikely to represent the full extent of the diet in Vleesbaai, as farmers in this region regularly report livestock losses attributed to caracal. |
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