Reconsideration of the nomadic condition of the southernmost Guachichiles based on the relationship with their environment

Table 2 Animal species most likely used as foods, procured within tunales by the southernmost Guachichiles

Common name^a	Scientific name	Current use^b
Birds (individuals of all ages and eggs)
Mourning dove	Zenaida macroura	As food
White-winged dove	Zenaida asiatica	As food
Canyon towhee	Melozone fusca	None known
Curve-billed thrasher	Toxostoma curvirostre	As cage bird
Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottus	As cage bird
Cactus wren	Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus	None known
Finches and sparrows	Passerellidae, Fringilidae	Some species used as cage birds
Small mammals
Packrat	Neotoma leucodon	As food, highly appreciated
Mexican spiny pocket mouse	Liomys irroratus	None known
Deer mice	Peromyscus melanophry, but likely also smaller species	None known
Rock squirrel	Otospermophilus variegatus	As food, occasional
Cottontail rabbit	Silvilagus audubonii	As food
Large mammals
Collared peccary	Pecari tajacu	None, locally extirpated
Reptiles
Rattlesnakes	Crotalus spp.	Used as a cancer remedy
Gopher snake	Pituophis deppei	None known
Scaled lizards	Sceloporus spp.	None known
Mud turtles	Kinosternon integrum, K. hirtipes	Blood used as a remedy
Invertebrates
Grubs	The larvae of at least Melitara nephelepasa; possibly other species as well	Eaten occasionally
Mexican honey wasp (its honey)	Possibly Brachygastra mellifica and perhaps other congeneric species	None known, but likely to be still consumed

^aSpecies within groups are ranked according to their probable importance, based on abundance in these habitats, size, and easiness of hunting. All species except the sparrows were permanent residents in the tunales (source: EM and MERL, pers. obs.)
^bCurrent use derived from personal acquaintance of the authors and [26]