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Table 3 Numbers of animals (N) hunted and harvest rates (HR: individuals hunted/10 km 2 /year) of wildlife species in the study area

From: Wildlife uses and hunting patterns in rural communities of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Species

 

Community

Total

 

20N0V

NB

HXZ + UHM

CHV

 
 

N hunted

HR

N hunted

HR

N hunted

HR

N hunted

HR

N hunted

HR

Cuniculus paca

11

0.5

16

0.4

90

2

24

2

141

4.9

Odocoileus virginianus

16

0.7

36

0.9

52

1.1

8

0.6

112

3.3

Pecari tajacu

16

0.7

31

0.8

32

0.7

24

2

103

4.2

Dasyprocta punctata

46

1.9

2

0.1

8

0.2

0

0

56

2.2

Orthogeomys hispidus

2

0.1

2

0.1

32

0.7

12

1

48

1.9

Mazama pandora; M. americana

23

1

11

0.3

1

0.02

8

0.6

43

1.9

Nasua narica

4

0.2

2

0.1

13

0.3

3

0.2

22

0.8

Tayassu pecari

2

0.1

7

0.2

0

0

2

0.2

11

0.5

Dasypus novemcinctus

0

0

9

0.2

0

0

0

0

9

0.2

Puma concolor

0

0

0

0

2

0.04

1

0.1

3

0.1

Panthera onca

0

0

2

0.1

1

0.02

0

0

3

0.1

Tapirus bairdii

0

0

1

0.02

1

0.02

0

0

2

0.04

Herpailurus yagouaroundi

0

0

0

0

1

0.02

0

0

1

0.02

Eira barbara

0

0

0

0

1

0.02

0

0

1

0.02

TOTAL MAMMALS

120

5.2

119

3.2

234

5.1

82

6.7

555

20.2

Crax rubra

115

4.8

68

1.7

24

0.5

28

2.2

235

9.2

Meleagris ocellata

64

2.7

52

1.3

22

0.5

6

0.5

144

5

Penelope purpurascens

10

0.4

2

0.1

1

0.02

0

0

13

0.52

Ortalis vetula

3

0.1

4

0.1

2

0.04

0

0

9

0.24

Crypturellus sp.

2

0.1

1

0.02

0

0

0

0

3

0.12

TOTAL BIRDS

194

8.1

127

3.2

49

1.1

34

2.7

404

15.1

Trachemys scripta

1

0.04

0

0

8

0.2

0

0

9

0.2

TOTAL REPTILES

1

0.04

0

0

8

0.2

0

0

9

0.2

OVERALL

315

13.3

246

6.4

291

6.4

116

9.3

968

35.5

  1. 20NOV: 20 de Noviembre, catchment area (ca) = 240 km2; NB: Nuevo Becal, ca = 400 km2; XHZ + UHM: X-Hazil Sur + Uh May, ca = 455 km2;
  2. CHV: Chankaj Veracruz, ca = 125 km2.
  3. Data recorded between March 2010 and March 2011 (12 months in each community).
  4. The last column shows the sums of animals hunted and harvest rates of the four communities surveyed.