About the Authors

Peter Andrew Lindsey

palindsey@gmail.com

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, Panthera, New York, United States of America

Guy Andrew Balme

Affiliation Panthera, New York, United States of America

Vernon Richard Booth

Affiliation Harare, Zimbabwe

Neil Midlane

Affiliations Panthera, New York, United States of America, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journals policy and have the following conflicts: Two authors (Guy Balme and Neil Midlane) are affiliated with the funder, and two (Guy Balme and Peter Lindsey) were employed by the funder of this research, Panthera, during the time of the study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAL GB VB NM. Performed the experiments: PAL GB VB NM. Analyzed the data: PAL GB VB NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAL GB VB NM. Wrote the paper: PAL GB VB NM. Provided background data: VB PAL.