South Africa, 1998

All Years for South Africa: 2016 — 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

1998 Summary Totals for South Africa

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	11,905	0	0	0
Total	11,905	0	0	0

No changes between current and previous report.

South Africa : Elephant Estimates

	Survey Details²			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS³	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Addo Elephant National Park	AT1	A	1998	272		Castley & Knight, 1998	2	513	25.6E	33.4S
Atherstone Nature Reserve	AT3	A	1997	24		Garai, pers. comm., 1998b	3	136	26.8E	24.5S
Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park	GT1	A	1997	250		Balfour, pers. comm., 1998	2	965	31.9E	28.3S
Itala Nature Reserve	GT1	A	1997	45		Balfour, pers. comm., 1998	2	297	31.3E	27.5S
Klaserie Private Nature Reserve	AT3	A	1997	303		Whyte & Wood, 1997	2	628	31.2E	24.2S
Knysna State Forest	IR1	A	1997	3		Garai, pers. comm., 1998b	2	300
Kruger National Park	AT3	A	1998	8,869		Whyte & Wood, (in prep.)	1	19,624	31.5E	24.0S
Letaba Ranch	AT3	A	1997	58		Garai, pers. comm., 1998b	2	420	31.1E	23.7S
Madikwe Nature Reserve	AT3	A	1998	282		Garai, pers. comm., 1998c	2	700	26.3E	24.8S
Makuya National Park	AT3	A	1997	8		Whyte & Wood, 1997	3	165	30.9E	22.6S
Manyeleti Game Reserve	AT3	A	1997	28		Garai, pers. comm., 1998b	3	228	31.5E	24.6S
Marakele National Park	IR1	A	1998	48		Knight, Quest. Reply, 1998	2	380	27.7E	24.4S
Mkuzi Game Reserve	IR1	A	1997	25		Balfour, pers. comm., 1998	2	380	32.3E	27.7S
Phalaborwa Mining Co.	AT3	A	1997	42		Whyte & Wood, 1997	3	41	31.2E	24.0S
Pilanesberg National Park	AT3	A	1997	87		Garai, pers. comm., 1998b	2	553	27.1E	25.2S
Pongolapoort Nature Reserve	IR1	A	1997	20		Balfour, pers. comm., 1998	3	119	32.0E	27.4S
Private Reserves	GT1	A	1997	659		Garai, pers. comm., 1998a	1
Sabie Sand Game Reserve	AT3	A	1997	311		Garai, pers. comm., 1998b	2	572	31.5E	24.8S
Tembe Elephant Park	AT3	A	1997	115		Balfour, pers. comm., 1998	3	300	32.5E	26.9S
Timbavati Private Nature Reserve	AT3	A	1997	322		Whyte & Wood, 1997	2	784	31.3E	24.4S
Umbabat Private Nature Reserve	AT3	A	1997	134		Whyte & Wood, 1997	3	144	31.4E	24.1S

* Range of informed guess

¹Key to Causes of Change (only tracked since 2007): DA: Different Area; DD: Data Degraded; DT: Different Technique; NA: New Analysis; NG: New Guess; NP: New population; PL: Population Lost; RS: Repeat Survey (RS ́ denotes a repeat survey that is not statistically comparable for reasons such as different season); –––: No Change

²Key to Survey Types: AC: Aerial Count, not specified; AS: Aerial Sample Count; AT: Aerial Total Count; DC: Dung Count; EX: Extrapolation from GIS; GD: Genetic Dung Count; GS: Ground Sample Count; GT: Ground Total Count; IG: Informed Guess; IR: Individual Registration; OG: Other Guess. Survey Type is followed by an indicator of survey quality, ranked from 1 to 3 (best to worst). Survey Reliability is keyed A-E (best to worst) as outlined in this table.

³PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.