Use and management of wild fauna by people of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley and surrounding areas, Mexico

Table 3 Healthcare and childbirth attention that involves animals, in the TCV and surrounding regions

Health issue	Cultural group	Animal Class	Animal Family	Number of species	Total number of species	Percentage of the total number of medicinal species (n = 23)
Giving birth	Nahua	Mammalia	Dasypodidae Gray, 1821, Didelphidae Gray, 1821, Tayassuidae Palmer, 1897, Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845, Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820	5	6	26.08
	Cuicatec	Mammalia	Dasypodidae, Didelphidae	2
	Cuicatec	Aves	Psittacidae Rafinesque, 1815	1
Cancer	Nahua	Reptilia	Elapidae Boié, 1827, Viperidae Oppel, 1811	3	5	21.73
	Cuicatec	Reptilia	Viperidae	1
	Mestizo	Aves	Cuculidae Leach, 1820, Corvidae Leach, 1820	2
Dermatological	Nahua	Mammalia	Dasypodidae	1	4	17.39
		Insecta	Hepialidae Stephens, 1829	1
		Reptilia	Elapidae	1
	Cuicatec	Mammalia	Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845	1
Epilepsy	Cuicatec	Reptilia	Viperidae	1	4	17.39
		Mammalia	Mephitidae	1
		Aves	Trochilidae Vigors, 1825	1
	Mestizo	Aves	Cuculidae	1
Antiophidic	Nahua	Reptilia	Elapidae, Viperidae	3	3	13.04
Whooping cough	Nahua	Mammalia	Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845	1	2	8.69
Whooping cough	Nahua	Aves	Trochilidae	1	2	8.69
Hearth	Mestizo	Aves	Cuculidae, Trochilidae	2
Cultural ilnesses	Cuicatec	Reptilia	Viperidae	1	2	8.69
Cultural ilnesses	Mestizo	Aves	Trochilidae	1	2	8.69
Joint pain/inflammation and rheumatism	Nahua	Mammalia	Canidae Fischer, 1817	1	1	4.34
Joint pain/inflammation and rheumatism	Ixcatec	Mammalia	Canidae	1	1	4.34
Pain	Ixcatec	Insecta	Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802	1	1	4.34
Antidepressant	Cuicatec	Insecta	Formicidae Latreille, 1802	1	1	4.34
Allergies	Cuicatec	Mammalia	Cervidae	1	1	4.34

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