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De Wildt Wild Cheetah Project
Predator Identification Chart

	Tracks	Prey Location	Pray Size	Claw Marks	Stomach	Fang Location	Bite Width	Parts Eaten	Bones	Other Evidence
Caracal		In bush, grass or hole	10-25kg	4 short	Intact	Mostly throat or back of neck	29-32mm thumb length			Wool, fur pulled out and scattered. Does not eat skin or guts. Red hair on prey skin.
Black Backed Jackal		Anywhere	0-50kg	none	Partly eaten	Side of neck and lower jaw. Hindquarters of larger prey.	19-21mm thumb width		Rib ends chewed off	Face and ears chewed or torn. Forearms or larger prey may be separated from carcass. Meat taken, leaving skin flap.
Cheetah		Under bush or in grass	over 10kg	1 long	Intact, separates from carcass	Throat	36-39mm 3 fingers		Rib ends chewed off	Does not eat skin or guts. Liver, heart and lungs eaten. Does not drag carcass over large distance.
Leopard		In tree, grass or hole	over 10kg	4 short	Intact	Back of neck, throat	40-46mm 4 fingers		Rib ends chewed off	Fur, wool pulled out and scattered. Does not eat skin or guts. Will drag carcass away from killing site.
Brown Hyaena		In bush or hole	0-50kg	none	Partly eaten	Huge fang bites in back of skull. Hindquarters of larger prey, stomach	47-58mm 4 fingers		Skull crushed	Wool, fur, skin and remains scattered. Bites on rump. Only crshed bones, wool, hooves, blood and guts remain. Will carry pieces of carcass back to den.
Spotted Hyaena		At kill site, in grass	0-400kg	none	Partly eaten	First flanks, then udder and back	4 fingers		All bones crushed	Messy carcass remains. With a large clan, no evidence remains.
African Wild Dog			0-400kg	none	Fully eaten	All over	thumb length		No remains	No evidence remains.