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Table 3 Animal groups and number of species used for traditional medicine in the study area

From: Ethnozoological study of traditional medicinal appreciation of animals and their products among the indigenous people of Metema Woreda, North-Western Ethiopia

No.

Animal groups

Number of species

Percentage (%)

1

Mammals

27

52.9

2

Birds

9

17.6

3

Reptiles

6

11.8

4

Fish

1

2

5

Arthropods

7

13.7

6

Annelid

1

2