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Table 7 Number of animals of mammal species documented to be consumed on average ± standard deviation per household per year in San Lorenzo Pápalo (N = 30 households interviewed)

From: Cuicatec ethnozoology: traditional knowledge, use, and management of fauna by people of San Lorenzo Pápalo, Oaxaca, Mexico

Animals hunted

Animals consumed per household

Animals consumed by the whole community

Squirrel (Sciurus spp.)

1.10 ± 0.34

83.75

Badger (Nasua narica)

0.48 ± 2.70

36.25

Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

0.13 ± 1.21

10

Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

0.10 ± 0.40

7.50

Skunks (Spilogale putorus, Maphitis macrura)

0.06 ± 0.36

5

Rabbits (Sylvilagus sp.)

0.03 ± 0.18

2.50

Armadillo (Dasypus novemicinctus)

0.03 ± 0.18

2.50