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Table 3-1. Reported number of individuals taken, mean weight (kg), and total weight (kg) of game 

 taken by Maya hunters at X-Hazil Sur, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during June 1989-October 1990. 









Rank 



Mean 



Total 



Rank 





Total number 



order 



weight 



weight 



order 



Game species 



individuals taken 



(no.)^ 



(kg) 



(kg)" 



(wt.)' 



a) Mammals 















Pocket gopher 



53 



(51)" 



3 



0.4 



22.3 



10 



Paca 



47 





4 



5.8 



274.8 



4 



Agouti 



35 





6 



2.8 



96.8 



6 



Coati 



167 





1 



3.0 



504.9 



3 



White-lipped peccary 



3 





12 



31.4 



94.3 



7 



Collared peccary 



40 



(36) 



5 



17.2 



618.5 



2 



Brocket deer 



16 





8 



15.6 



250.0 



5 



White-tailed deer 



24 



(22) 



7 



32.2 



709.0 



1 



Total mammals 



385 



(377) 







2570.6 





% of all game 



66 









95 





b) Birds 















Thicket tinamou 



13 





9 



0.4 



4.9 



12 



Great curassow 



13 





9 



3.1 



40.1 



9 



Plain chachalaca 



167 





1 



0.4 



64.9 



8 



Ocellated turkey 



6 





11 



3.3 



19.7 



11 



Total birds 



199 









129.5 





% of all game 



34 









5 





Mammals & Birds 



584 



(576) 





4.7 



2700.1 





Rank order based on total number of individuals taken. 



Total weight was determined by sununing the weights of the individual prey items. The degree 



of precision varied between species as different scales with assorted capacities and graduations 



were used. 



Rank order was based on the total weight of the individual prey items taken. 



Values in ( ) indicate number of individuals weighed if weight not available for all individuals in 



taxa. 



