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Table 5 Number of animal species by category and type of use cited by community groups of the FLONA of Araripe, Ceará, Brazil

From: Fauna used by rural communities surrounding the protected area of Chapada do Araripe, Brazil

Category of uses

Types of known uses

No. of cited species

Group 1

Group 2

Food resource

human food

10

10

Handcraft (for the leather)

cooking appliances (blanket, knapsack, gibbon, belt); making of musical instruments (tambourine); furniture (upholstery and stool)

1

2

Medicinal

ear diseases (ear pain, deafness); respiratory diseases (cough, sore throat, asthma); digestive system diseases (toothache); musculoskeletal diseases (rheumatism, back pain), eye disease (conjunctivitis), diseases of the circulatory system (hemorrhoids), poisoning (snake bite); symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical examinations (cracks in the feet, mycosis)

5

2

Ornamental

wall hangings (room decoration)

0

1

Mystic

making of keychains

0

1

Other uses

making tools (needle for sewing leather); harness; sheath for knife

1

3