Table 2 The influence of electric fencing on the percentage use of SGR underpasses by wildlife in the TCA.
Taxon or species identity | Underpass (%) | Embankment (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species/taxon common name | Scientific name or family/order name | Unfenced | Fenced | Unfenced | Fenced |
Savannah Elephant | Loxodonta africana | 10.28 | 7.30 | 4.89 | 0.09 |
Yellow baboon | Papio cynocephalus | 2.42 | 7.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Plain’s zebra | Equus quagga | 3.69 | 5.94 | 0.64 | 0.00 |
African buffalo | Syncerus caffer | 1.60 | 3.73 | 0.72 | 0.00 |
Kirk’s Dik-dik | Madoqua kirkii | 1.22 | 3.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Spotted hyena | Crocuta crocuta | 1.14 | 3.09 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
Impala | Aepyceros melampus | 0.30 | 0.81 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
Leopard | Panthera pardus | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Lesser kudu | Tragelaphus imberbis | 0.21 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Vervet monkey | Chlorocebus pygerythrus | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
African civet | Civettictis civetta | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Lions | Panthera leo | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
Common warthog | Phacochoerus africanus | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
Cape hare | Lepus capensis | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Crested porcupine | Hystrix cristata | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Waterbuck | Kobus ellipsiprymnus | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.00 |
Black-backed jackal | Canis mesomelas | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Caracal | Caracal caracal | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Livestock | Bovidae | 8.06 | 16.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Antelopes | Bovidae | 0.22 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Carnivore | Carnivora | 0.67 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Mongoose | Herpestidae | 0.27 | 3.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
