Ethical statement
Permission to enter and work within villages was systematically obtained
from the appropriate institutional, traditional and familial
authorities. Trapping sessions were carried out in accordance with
requirements of Senegalese and French legislations. Every protocol used
here received prior explicit approval from the relevant institutional
comitee (Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP):Agrément pour l’utilisation d’animaux à des fins scientifiques E
34-169-001). All animal-related procedures were performed according to
official ethical guidelines provided by the American Society of
Mammalogists (Sikes & Gannon, 2011).