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Table 3 Projected potential suitable habitats of Menelik’s bushbuck in the Last Glacial Maximum, Mid-Holocene, current and future climate conditions

From: Modelling of past, current and future distribution of suitable habitat for Menelik’s bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus meneliki Neumann, 1902) in the Ethiopian highlands

Time

Areas of suitable habitats in km2

% change compared to current

Last Glacial Maximum—LGM (22,000 BP)

Last Glacial Maximum—LGM (22,000 BP)

33,652

 + 24.1%

Mid Holocene—MDH (6,000 BP)

Mid Holocene—MDH (6,000 BP)

60,282

 + 57.6%

Current

Current

25,546

-

Future

RCP 4.5

2050

4,763

−81.4%

2070

818

−96.8%

RCP 8.5

2050

1,259

−95.1%

2070

52

−99.8%