Table 1 Proportion of all experimentally placed carcasses (n = 309) visited and scavenged by all species across both carcass sizes (mice, rabbits) in Fukushima, Japan from May to July 2018, including trials from both the Fukushima Exclusion Zone (FEZ) and inhabited reference area.
Common name | Species | Mouse carcasses | Rabbit carcasses | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visited (%) | n (209) | Scavenged (%) | n (209) | Visited (%) | n (100) | Scavenged (%) | n (100) | ||
Mammalian | |||||||||
Field mousea | Apodemus sp. | 80.9 | 169 | 40.2 | 84 | 81.0 | 81 | 16.0 | 16 |
Wild boar | Sus scrofa | 20.1 | 42 | 10.0 | 21 | 31.0 | 31 | 45.0 | 45 |
Raccoon dog | Nyctereutes procyonoides | 10.5 | 22 | 9.1 | 19 | 49.0 | 49 | 63.0 | 63 |
Masked palm civet | Paguma lavarta | 11.5 | 24 | 5.7 | 12 | 46.0 | 46 | 51.0 | 51 |
Japanese red fox | Vulpes vulpes | 1.4 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 7.0 | 7 | 15.0 | 15 |
Japanese marten | Martes melampus | 15.3 | 32 | 1.0 | 2 | 21.0 | 21 | 4.0 | 4 |
Japanese shrew-mole | Urotrichus talpoides | 7.7 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
Japanese badger | Meles anakuma | 7.2 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 |
Raccoon | Procyon lotor | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Domestic dog | Canis lupus familiaris | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Domestic cat | Felis catus | 2.4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
Japanese weasel | Mustela itatsi | 1.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Japanese hare | Lepus brachyurus | 16.7 | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
Japanese squirrel | Sciurus lis | 11.5 | 24 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
Japanese serow | Capricornis crispus | 11.0 | 23 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
Japanese macaque | Macaca fuscata | 8.1 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
Avian | |||||||||
Crowa | Corvus sp. | 1.4 | 3 | 1.9 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 21.0 | 21 |
Black kite | Milvus migrans | 0.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Pheasanta | 11.5 | 24 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |
Bird (other)a | 5.7 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | |
Reptile | |||||||||
Japanese rat snake | Elaphe climacophora | 1.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 3 | 5.0 | 5 | 6.0 | 6 |
Burrowing rat snake | Euprepiophis conspicillata | 1.4 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Snake (other)a | 2.9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 6.2 | 13 | 5.3 | 11 | 6.0 | 6 | 8.0 | 8 | |
