Table 3 Relative importance of the most versatile medicinal animal species in the fishing community of Diogo Lopes - RN, Brazil
From: Environmental influence on the choice of medicinal animals: a case study from northeastern Brazil
Species | Habitat | Relative importance |
|---|---|---|
Chelonia mydas | Aquatic | 1.6 |
Ovis aries | Terrestrial | 1.5 |
Gallus gallus | Terrestrial | 1.1 |
Salvator merianae | Terrestrial | 1.0 |
Crotalus durissus | Terrestrial | 1.0 |
Iguana iguana | Terrestrial | 0.8 |
Cerdocyon thous | Terrestrial | 0.8 |
Sotalia guianensis | Aquatic | 0.8 |
Bee (Apidae) | Terrestrial | 0.5 |
Boa constrictor | Terrestrial | 0.4 |
Euphractus sexcinctus | Terrestrial | 0.4 |
Tropidurus hispidus | Terrestrial | 0.3 |
Echeneis naucrates | Aquatic | 0.2 |
Ocypode quadrata | Aquatic | 0.2 |
Hippocampus reidi | Aquatic | 0.2 |
Physalia physalis | Aquatic | 0.2 |
Rhinella jimi | Terrestrial | 0.2 |
Rhizoprionodon lalandii | Aquatic | 0.2 |
Mazama sp. | Terrestrial | 0.2 |
Coragyps atratus | Terrestrial | 0.2 |
Scomberomorus cavalla | Aquatic | 0.2 |
Canis familiaris | Terrestrial | 0.2 |