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Table 2 Species’ activity periods, according to the percentage of photographic recordings (P) and the percentage of interviewees (I)

From: Local and scientific knowledge for assessing the use of fallows and mature forest by large mammals in SE Brazil: identifying singularities in folkecology

Species

Daytime (P)

Nighttime (P)

Diurnal (I)

Nocturnal (I)

Cathemeral (I)

Ring-tailed coati

78

22

82

9

9

Opossum

1

99

0

100

0

Armadillo

0

100

6

86

8

Tayra

93

7

48

27

24

Azara’s agouti

91

9

45

39

15

Crab-eating fox

11

89

13

66

22

Brocket deer

7

93

9

82

9

Lowland paca

0

100

0

100

0

Raccoon

0

100

6

85

9

Lowland tapir

n.d.

n.d.

19

69

13

W. L. peccary

n.d.

n.d.

67

6

27

  1. n.d.: There was no data on the species’ life habit.
  2. The data were based on 36 interviewed quilombolas in the Ribeira Valley.