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Table 1 The generic folk of the mastofauna mentioned by the hunters of the municipality of Paulista, State of Paraíba, showing their respective scientific names, local habitats, and the habitats reported in the literature: 1 39 and 2 40

From: Ethnotaxonomy of mastofauna as practised by hunters of the municipality of Paulista, state of Paraíba-Brazil

  

Habitats of the mammals

 

Generic folk

Corresponding taxon

Macrohabitat

Microhabitat

Habitats/[literature]

 

Artiodactyla Tayassuidae

   

Collared peccary

Pecari tajacu

.....Rocky hill

Den

Den/[2]

 

Carnivora Canidae

   

Crab-eating fox

Cerdocyon thous

Sertão

Burrow and den

Thickets, tablelands/[2]

Jaguarundi

Felididae Herpailurus yaguarondi

Everywhere

Den and tree

Rocky hill and tablelands/[1]

Margay

Leopardus ........wiedii

Everywhere

Den and tree

Rocky hill and tablelands [1]

Greater grison

Mustelidae Galictis vittata and/or G. cuja

Rocky hill

Burrow, den, tree

(No reference)

Crab-eaten raccoon 'Guará'

Procyonidae Procyon cancrivorus (Unidentified species)

'Island'* Rocky hill, 'island'

Den, tree Den

Thickets/[1] (No reference)

 

Didelphimorphia

   

Skunk and 'timbu' (opossums)

Didelphidae

Rocky hill, 'island'

Burrow, den tree

Rocky hills, trees/[1]

 

Primates Callithrichidae

   

Common marmoset

Callithrix jacchus Cebidae

Sertão

Slope, tree

Trees [2]

Tufted capuchin

Cebus apella

Rocky hill

Tree

Trees [2]

 

Rodentia Caviidae

   

Rock cavy

Kerodon rupestris

Rocky hill

Cracks in the stones

Caves, grottos, rocky hills/[1]

Spix's yellow- toothed cavy

Galea spixii

Everywhere

Den and crevices in the rocks

Rocky hills and grass fields/[1]

Rats

Muridae

 

Everywhere

(No reference)

 

Xenarthra Dasypodidae

   

Nine-banded armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Rocky hill, 'island'

Burrow

Burrows in rocky hills/[1]

Six-banded armadillo

Euphractus sexcinctus

Rocky hill, 'island'

Burrow, den

Burrows in rocky hills/[1]

Giant anteater

Mymercophagidae Mymercophaga tridactyla

Rocky hill, 'island', Woods

Den, tree

(No reference)

Southern tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

Rocky hill, 'island', Woods

Den, tree

(No reference)

  1. * 'Island': a lowland area surrounded by stagnant water