About the Authors

Sonja Streicher

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Justin G. Boyles

jgboyles@zoology.up.ac.za

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Maria K. Oosthuizen

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Nigel C. Bennett

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Zoology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKO NCB. Performed the experiments: SS MKO NCB. Analyzed the data: JGB SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NCB. Wrote the paper: SS JGB MKO NCB.