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 from at least 57 plant species (n = 75 rumens collected during 8 months), whereas for white-tailed 

 deer, only 14 plant species were identified (n = 13 rumens). 



White-tailed deer are crepuscular herbivore-browsers (Eisenberg, 1981). These deer are 

 social, but two different types of groups have been reported. Adult males are solitary or occur in small 

 groups with other males, whereas adult females occur in groups with their yearling daughter and fawns 

 of the year (Marchington and Hirth, 1984). White-tailed deer are found in a great variety of habitat 

 types, but they avoid dense forests (Nowak and Paradise, 1983). 



At Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, plant material (primarily leaves) composed 100.0% (40 taxa 

 reported), by percent volume, of white-tailed deer stomach contents, whereas animal material composed 

 < 0.0% (trace amounts of two taxa reported). A total of 43 taxa of food items were reported (Figure 

 5-1; Appendix T). Among mammals at Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, white-tailed deer ranked seventh 

 among seven taxa in percent volume of fruits and seeds in the diet and ranked second in the total 

 number of taxa of food items consumed. At ca. 57% by percent volume, white-tailed deer ranked first 

 in the proportion of leaves in the diet. Elsewhere, the diet consists of grasses, weeds, shrubs, twigs, 

 mushrooms, nuts, lichens, vegetables, and vegetable leaves (Chavez Le6n, 1983; Mandujano and Rico- 

 (jray, 1991; Nowak and Paradiso, 1983; Vaughan and Rodriguez, 1991). At Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, 

 unlike in Suriname, brocket deer (32 taxa reported) and white-tailed deer (43 taxa reported) consumed 

 about the same number of plant taxa. 



Thicket tinamous are diurnal frugivore-granivores that forage on the ground (Paynter, 1955a, 

 1955b; Slud, 1964). They are not especially social and usually occur as solitary individuals (Delacour 

 and Amadon, 1973). Thicket tinamous are found in dry woodlands, especially along forest edges, but 

 seldom enter open areas (Leopold, 1977). Tinamous do not scratch for food with their feet (Lancaster, 

 1983). 



At Ejido X-Hazil y Anexos, plant material (primarily fruits and seeds) composed 96.2% (six 

 taxa reported), by percent volume, of thicket tinamou stomach contents, whereas animal material 

 composed 3.8% (one taxon reported). A total of 32 taxa of food items were reported (Figure 5-1; 



