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Table 1 High incidence species in sampled communities (n = 17)

From: Traditional medicinal animal use by Xhosa and Sotho communities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

Common name

Samples (> 30%)

Common name

Samples (> 10%)

Common name

Samples (> 10%)

Chacma baboon

82.4

Puff adder

76.5

Owl spp.a

41.2

Leopard

82.4

Monitor lizard spp.a

52.9

Vulture spp.a

35.3

Cape porcupine

76.5

African rock python

41.2

Ostrich

17.7

Genet spp.a

58.8

Nile crocodile

29.4

Swallow spp.a

11.8

Black-backed jackal

52.9

Cape cobra

29.4

Cattle egret

11.8

Honey badger

47.1

Mamba spp.a

23.4

  

Hare spp.a

47.1

Snake spp.a

17.7

  

Cape clawless otter

41.2

Angulate tortoise

17.7

  

African buffalo

41.2

Rinkhals

11.8

  

Cape fox

35.3

Southern rock agama

11.8

  

Spiral-horned antelope spp.a

35.3

Girdled lizard spp.a

11.8

  

Caracal

35.3

    
  1. aIndividuals not identifiable up to species level