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Table 4 Annual biomass extracted (BE: kg) and harvest rates (HR: kg/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

 
 

BE

HR

BE

HR

BE

HR

BE

HR

BE

HR

Cuniculus paca

62

2.6

99.1

2.5

524.5

11.5

138.7

11.1

824

27.7

Odocoileus virginianus

522.2

21.8

1,144.5

28.6

1,854.2

40.7

171.2

13.7

3,692

104.8

Pecari tajacu

303.4

12.6

727.1

18.2

592

13

535.5

42.8

2,158

86.6

Dasyprocta punctata

137.9

5.7

7

0.2

21.3

0.5

0

0

166

6.4

Orthogeomys hispidus

1

0.04

1

0.02

16

0.4

6

0.5

24

0.96

Mazama pandora; M. americana

322

13.4

193.8

4.8

15

0.3

133.3

10.7

664

29.2

Nasua narica

16.9

0.7

10

0.2

44.9

1

11.3

0.9

83.5

2.8

Tayassu pecari

60

2.5

140

3.5

0

0

60

4.8

260

10.8

Dasypus novemcinctus

0

0

36

0.9

0

0

0

0

36

0.9

Puma concolor

0

0

0

0

60

1.3

30

2.4

90

3.7

Panthera onca

0

0

90

2.2

45

1

0

0

135

3.2

Tapirus bairdii

0

0

200

5

200

4.4

0

0

400

9.4

Herpailurus yagouaroundi

0

0

0

0

7.5

0.2

0

0

7.5

0.2

Eira barbara

0

0

0

0

5

0.1

0

0

5

0.1

TOTAL MAMMALS

1,425.4

59.34

2,648.5

66.21

3,385.4

74.4

1,086

86.9

8,545

286.8

Crax rubra

448

18.6

275.9

6.9

103.3

2.3

110.4

8.8

938

36.7

Meleagris ocellata

256

10.7

257.1

6.4

83.3

1.8

17.5

1.4

614

20.3

Penelope purpurascens

24.4

1

5

0.1

2.5

0.05

0

0

32

1.2

Ortalis vetula

4.5

0.2

6

0.2

3

0.1

0

0

13

0.4

Crypturellus sp.

2

0.1

1

0.02

0

0

0

0

3

0.1

TOTAL BIRDS

734.9

30.6

545

13.6

192.1

4.2

127.9

10.2

1,600

58.7

Trachemys scripta

5

0.2

0

0

40

0.9

0

0

45

1.1

TOTAL REPTILES

5

0.2

0

0

40

0.9

0

0

45

1.1

OVERALL

2,165.3

90.14

3,193.5

79.81

3,617.5

79.5

1,213.7

97.1

10,190

347

  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.