Table 3 Free listing results showing the top 10 mentioned species and the % of mentioning participants
From: Ethnoprimatology of the Shipibo of the upper Ucayali River, Perú
Species | Common name | Salience/% of participants mentioned* (%) |
|---|---|---|
Question 1—‘Which wild animals do you see around here?’ (n = 40) | ||
Leontocebus weddelli + Tamarinus mystax | Tamarins | 72.5 |
Saimiri spp. | Squirrel monkey | 50 |
Dasyprocta fuliginosa | Agouti | 45 |
Dicotyles tajacu | Collared peccary | 40 |
Cuniculus paca | Lowland paca | 40 |
Plecturocebus discolor | Titi monkey | 35 |
Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer | 30 |
Tayassu peccari | White-lipped peccary | 22.5 |
Sapajus apella | Brown capuchin | 15 |
Aotus cf. nigriceps | Night monkey | 12.5 |
Question 2—‘Wild animals you used to see in the past but don’t see them at all or not as much these days?’ (n = 42) | ||
Tayassu peccari | White-lipped peccary | 59.5 |
Ateles chamek | Spider monkey | 48 |
Lagothrix lagothricha | Woolly monkey | 45 |
Cacajao ucayalii | Bald uakari | 36 |
Tapirus terrestris | Tapir | 36 |
Sapajus apella | Brown capuchin | 31 |
Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer | 31 |
Dicotyles tajacu | Collared peccary | 28.7 |
Cebus unicolor | White capuchin | 21.4 |
Alouatta seniculus | Howler monkey | 19 |
Question 4—‘Which wild animals do you most like to eat?’ (n = 43) | ||
Cuniculus paca | Lowland paca | 70 |
Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer | 60 |
Lagothrix lagothricha | Woolly monkey | 49 |
Sapajus apella | Brown capuchin | 32.5 |
Dicotyles tajacu | Collared peccary | 30 |
Tayassu peccari | White-lipped peccary | 28 |
Ateles chamek | Spider monkey | 25.5 |
Alouatta seniculus | Howler monkey | 21 |
Penelope jacquacu | Spix’s guan | 21 |
Cebus unicolor | White capuchin | 21 |
Question 5—‘Which wild animals you never eat?’ (n = 42) | ||
N/A | Anteater | 43 |
Pantera onca | Jaguar | 43 |
Bradypus variegatus | Sloth | 26 |
N/A | Snakes | 19 |
Cacajao ucayalii | Bald uakari | 12 |
Pithecia inusta | Burnished saki | 9.5 |
Leopardus pardalis | Ocelot | 9.5 |
N/A | Porcupine | 7 |
Tapirus terrestris | Tapir | 7 |
Eira barbara | Tayra | 7 |
Question 6—‘Which wild animals you don’t eat very often?’ (n = 40) | ||
Tapirus terrestris | Tapir | 20 |
Tayassu peccari | White-lipped peccary | 20 |
Odocoileus virginianus | White-tailed deer | 15 |
Dicotyles tajacu | Collared peccary | 10 |
N/A | Primates | 10 |
Chelonoidis denticulata | Yellow-footed tortoise | 10 |
Dasypus spp. | Armadillo | 7.5 |
N/A | All wild animals | 7.5 |
Pithecia inusta | Burnished saki | 5 |
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | Capybara | 5 |