Fig. 5

Examples of animals managed by people in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley and surrounding areas. a Thassus gigas (Hemiptera). The gathering of this edible insect from its host Prosopis laevigata involves planification, in contrast to the gathering of other insects that is performed in an opportunistic way, in a Popolocan locality. b Arsenura armida (Lepidoptera). Groups of this caterpillar “Cuetla” are gathered and then relocated in an Heliocarpus aff. velutina tree beside a family home, in Nahua localities. c Sylvilagus spp. (Lagomorpha). Juveniles are captured and maintained in captivity even for years, in Nahua localities. d Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla). Juveniles are maintained in captivity in an Ixcatec locality. e Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Carnivora) is hunted and used as food in a Cuicatec locality. It is also considered to play pranks to pulque producers in the localities of Tehuacán. This picture shows one of them prepared with taxidermic techniques and exhibited in “La feria del Pulque”, Santa Ana Teloxtoc, 2019. f Didelphis spp. (Didelphimorphia) is hunted to prevent damages to domestic animals but also because of the use of its tail in childbirth in Nahua localities. g Snakes are captured alive and kept in alcohol to be used as antivenom, among other medical applications, in Nahua localities. Credits: a, e: SRL; d: FB; b, c, f, g: MZC