About the Authors

Igor V. Ovchinnikov

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

igor.ovtchinnikov@email.und.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America, Forensic Science Program, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Taryn Dahms

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Billie Herauf

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

Blake McCann

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Resource Management, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, United States of America

Rytis Juras

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Bioscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Caitlin Castaneda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Bioscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

E. Gus Cothran

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Bioscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.