Quantifying forensically relevant vertebrate scavenging: a pilot study to develop a methodological framework using Cape grey mongoose (

Devin Alexander Finaughty, Gabriella May French, Kara Sierra Adams, Maximilian Jan Spies, Victoria Elaine Gibbon

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Devin Alexander FinaughtyHuman Variation and Identification Research Unit (HVIRU), Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gabriella May FrenchSchool of Anthropology and Conservation, Division of Human and Social Sciences, University of Kent, UK.

Kara Sierra AdamsDivision of Clinical Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Maximilian Jan SpiesDivision of Clinical Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Victoria Elaine GibbonDivision of Clinical Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Abstract

Currently, forensic death investigations in the Western Cape, South Africa do not account for vertebrate scavenging activity; however, previous research in the city of Cape Town has shown a significant impact on the rate of decomposition due to scavenging by the local Cape grey mongoose ( Key points: Novel framework for detailed quantitative analysis of vertebrate scavenger behavior using the Cape grey mongoose as a model.First systematic study of scavenger behaviour in South Africa and likely Africa-wide.Cape grey mongoose preying on blow fly larvae, emphasizing the necessity of videographic documentation.

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Cape grey mongooseCape Towndecompositionforensic anthropologyforensic taphonomypostmortem intervalscavenging

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PMID40496146

DOI10.1093/fsr/owae069

PMCPMC12151534

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