Table 1 Fecal samples collected from primates in Yunnan with identification by the dog team.

From: Cost-effective scat-detection dogs: unleashing a powerful new tool for international mammalian conservation biology

Species

Putative scats collected

Successful DNA extraction

DNA confirmed scats

Dog accuracy

Days surveyed

Western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor)

127

112 (89%)

61

92%

180

Indochinese gray langur (Trachypithecus crepusculus)

9

Macaque (Macaca sp.)

33

Total

103

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