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Having identified the dung as 1) being elongated and 2) being 10cm long, we will now do the following:
bulletusing 10cm as the actual length of the dung, we will go down the list  to find a set of possible dung identifications
bulletcomparing the actual shape of the dung to the sample we will identify the species

To do this:

bulletscroll down to a dung length of 10cm. The list is ascends by dung length
bulletand find the dung that looks like the sample
Having identified the dung as being that of the Baboon,  scroll down to the Baboon and click on the hyperlink to click get detailed information.

In this example, only the Baboon hyperlink is enabled. In the Ultimate Field Guide al the hyperlinks are active and species information can be accessed with a single click.

    Dung Length
Small Grey Mongoose
Galerella pulverulenta
6 cm
Deposited in small middens
Contains insect exoskeletons and rodent hair
Leopard
Panthera pardus
6-13 cm
Contains hair and bone fragments
Deposited in prominent places
Wild Dog
Lycaon Pictus
7 cm
often contains hair
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
7 cm
Large spotted Genet
Genetta tigrina
8cm
Bushpig
Potamochoerus porcus
8cm
Deposited in middens
African Civet
Civettictis civetta
8cm
Contains millipede exoskeletons
Deposited in middens near pathways
Aardwolf
Proteles cristatus
 8 cm
Deposited and buried in covered middens
Contains sand and termite heads
Spotted Hayena
Crocuta crocuta
4-8cm
Green when fresh, white 
when old
Deposited in middens
Brown Hayena
Hyaena brunnea
8cm
Dark when fresh, white when old, deposited in middens
Serval
Felis serval
8 cm
Grey, contains rodent fur
Scratch marks on ground
Cape Fox
Vulpes chama
9cm
contains insect exoskeletons
Large Grey Mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
10 cm
Contains rodent hair
and small mammal remains
Baboon
Papio cynocephalus ursinus
10cm
Lion
Panthera Leo
12-15 cm
Contains bone fragments and hair
 

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