Appendix 1: Summary of research on diet of wild dogs (D) and foxes (F) in south-east Australia from woodland/open                                                forest habitats (% occurrence).

 

Author (s)

Coman                             (1972)

Bertuch                                          (1975)

Brunner et al.                  (1975)

Brunner et al.                           (1976)

Brunner                         (1978)

Newsome et al. (1983a)*

Newsome et al. (1983a)

Region studied

Victoria

Victoria

Victoria

Victoria

Victoria

Kosciusko NP,              SE NSW

Nadgee NR,                          SE NSW

Prey

D

F

D

F

D

F

D

F

D

F

D

F

D

F

Small

dasyurids

antechinus spp

0

-

-

31

-

23.6

-

9.1

1

9

1.3

-

0.8

-

(<0.75 kg)

 

dunnart spp

0

-

-

0

-

0

-

0.5

0

0

0

-

0

-

 

rodents

house mouse/new-Holland mouse

0

-

-

3

-

4.6

-

0.1

0

0

0

-

2.2

-

 

 

bush rat/broad-toothed rat

0

-

-

13

-

17

-

12.5

3

11

4

-

3

-

 

 

swamp rat/eastern chestnut mouse

0

-

-

0

-

2

-

0.2

3

1

0

-

1.5

-

 

 

black rat

0

-

-

4

-

3.2

-

0.9

0

0

0

-

0

-

 

 

unidentified rat spp

1.8

-

-

3

-

5.6

-

1

0

0

0

-

9.4

-

 

petauroideas

feathertail glider/eastern pygmy possum

0

-

-

0

-

0.2

-

0.5

0

0

0

-

0

-

 

 

sugar glider/squirrel glider

0

-

-

0

-

0.9

-

0.6

0

1

0

-

0

-

 

 

yellow-bellied glider

0

-

-

0

-

0

-

0.3

0

1

0

-

0

-

Medium

petauroideas

greater glider

0

-

-

0

-

0.2

-

4.3

2

4

0

-

0

-

(0.75 - 10 kg)

 

ringtail possum

0

-

-

14

-

11.2

-

1.3

0

1

7.5

-

10.2

-

 

 

brushtail possum species

7.2

-

-

11

-

10.3

-

8.1

3

9

1.8

-

2.6

-

 

perameles/potoroos

bandicoots/potoroos

0

-

-

1

-