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Table 2 Frequency of occurrence (%) and percent volume of insects in raccoon and raccoon dog feces

From: Comparison of feeding habits and habitat use between invasive raccoons and native raccoon dogs in Hokkaido, Japan

Order

Family

Scientific name

Frequencies of occurrence(%)

Percent volume(%)

Raccoon

Raccoon dog

Raccoon

Raccoon dog

Coleoptera

Carabidae

Damaster blaptoides rugipennis

34.5

60.6

20.0

25.2

  

Damaster gehinii gehinii

6.9

10.6

3.1

1.0

  

Carabus granulatus yezoensis

3.5

18.2

0.0

1.6

  

Leptocarabus arboreus ishikarinus

6.9

37.9

3.5

7.0

  

Leptocarabus opaculus opaculus

6.9

12.1

0.0

0.6

  

Harpalidae sp.

13.8

42.4

2.4

5.2

 

Silphidae

Silpha paerforata venatoria

0.0

80.3

0.0

19.6

  

Dendroxena sexcarinata

6.9

19.7

3.5

0.5

  

Nicrophorus quadripunctatus

0.0

4.6

0.0

0.1

  

Nicrophorus maculifrons

0.0

4.6

0.0

0.4

 

Lucanidae

Macrodorcas striatipennis

6.9

28.8

2.3

2.3

  

Lucanus maculifemoratus

0.0

19.7

0.0

5.7

  

Nipponodorcus rubrofemoratus

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.5

 

Geotrupidae

Geotrupes laevistriatus

3.5

40.9

2.3

6.8

 

Scarabaeidae

Copris ochus

3.5

3.0

2.8

0.2

  

Onthophagus sp.

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.2

  

Heptaphylla picea Motschulsky

3.5

12.1

3.5

0.6

  

Eucetonia spp.

3.5

4.6

0.0

0.6

 

Erotylidae

 

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

 

Curculionidae

 

0.0

4.6

0.0

0.2

 

Dytiscidea

 

13.8

1.5

5.0

0.1

Hemiptera

Cicadidae

Terpnosia nigricosta

27.6

18.2

13.5

3.6

Orthoptera

Gryllotalpidae

Gryllotalpa fossor

6.9

4.6

1.2

0.1

Diptera

Calliphoridae

 

6.9

1.5

4.0

0.0

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

 

10.3

13.6

2.1

0.1

 

Vespidae

Vespula spp.

13.8

0.0

5.6

0.0

 

Apidae

Bombus spp.

10.3

0.0

4.0

0.0

Unidentified insects

    

21.4

18.0