Table 1 Game animals encountered and killed by the Maijuna at mineral licks [20, 24, 25]
Species | Maijuna name | Local name | English name | Time encountered (day/night) | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birds | |||||
Pipile cumanensis | újé | pava | Blue-throated piping-guan | Day | Eat, sell (meat), used to make fans for fires (feathers), adornment (make “paint” from legs) |
Mammals | |||||
Cuniculus paca | sèmè, gójébèkò | majás | Paca | Night | Eat, sell (meat), tourist crafts (teeth) |
Alouatta seniculus | jáíkɨ | coto mono | Red howler monkey | Day | Eat, sell (meat), tourist crafts (bony pouch or hyoid bone from throat) |
Coendou prehensilis | tòtò | cashacushillo | Brazilian porcupine | Night | Eat, tourist crafts (spines) |
Dasyprocta fuliginosa | máítàkò, kòròmé | añuje | Black agouti | Day | Eat, sell (meat), tourist crafts (teeth) |
Mazama americana | bósá | venado colorado | Red brocket deer | Night, rarely during day | Eat, sell (meat), medicinal (antlers), adornment of houses (antlers), used to make drums (hide) |
Tapirus terrestris | békɨ, jáíkò | sachavaca | Lowland tapir | Night | Eat, sell (meat), medicinal (hooves), tourist crafts (hooves) |
Tayassu pecari | bɨrɨ, bàì | huangana | White-lipped peccary | Day | Eat, sell (meat and hide), tourist crafts (teeth), used to make drums (hide) |
Pecari tajacu | káókwà | sajino | Collared peccary | Day | Eat, sell (meat and hide), tourist crafts (teeth), used to make drums (hide) |