144 



Table 4-3. Reported number of individuals taken by Maya hunters at X-Hazil Sur versus number of 

 sightings during animal censuses (game species only). 





Total number of 



Rank order 



Total number of 



Rank order 



Taxa 



individuals taken 



(take) 



sightings 



(sightings) 



a) Mammals 











Pocket gopher 



53 



3 



1 



10 



Paca 



47 



4 



8 



5 



Agouti 



35 



6 



12 



3 



Coati 



167 



1 



17 



2 



White-lipped 



3 



12 







11 



peccary 











Collared peccary 



40 



5 



2 



8 



Brocket deer 



16 



8 



4 



6 



White-tailed deer 



24 



7 



3 



7 



Game mammals 



385 





47 





b) Birds 











Thicket tinamou 



13 



9 



12 



3 



Great curassow 



13 



9 







11 



Plain chachalaca 



167 



1 



64 



1 



Ocellated turkey 



6 



11 



2 



8 



Game birds 



199 





78 





Total (mammals 



584 





125 





-1- birds) 











those at the study area (Table 4-4). For the coati and kinkajou, population densities at the other sites 

 were about five times as great at the other sites as at Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, while it is not possible 

 to generalize numerically about the population densities of the remaining taxa of mammals, it is clear 

 that the densities at Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos were much lower. 



