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Table 1. Wild vertebrates observed in a small oil palm plot in Tabasco, Mexico.
| Species
| Family
| Common
name (Mexico)
| Feeding
habits*
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| Birds |
| Buteo
magnirostris |
Accipitridae |
gavilán |
invertebrates |
| Coragyps
atratus |
Cathartidae |
zopilote |
scavenger, oil
palm fruits** |
| Columbina
minuta |
Columbidae |
tortolita |
seeds |
| Cyanocorax
morio |
Corvidae |
pea |
invertebrates,
fruits, vertebrates |
| Crotophaga
sulcirostris |
Cuculidae |
pijul |
invertebrates |
| Icterus
sp. |
Emberizidae |
bolsero |
invertebrates |
| Quiscalus
mexicanus |
Emberizidae |
zanate |
invertebrates,
seeds |
| Herpetotheres
cachinnans |
Falconidae |
vaquero |
vertebrates |
| Polyborus
plancus |
Falconidae |
caracará |
scavenger,
vertebrates |
| Turdus
grayi |
Muscicapidae |
zorzal |
invertebrates,
fruits |
| Melanerpes
aurifrons |
Picidae |
chejé |
invertebrates,
fruits |
| Aratinga
nana astec |
Psitacidae |
perico |
fruits, seeds,
invertebrates |
| Pitangus
sulphuratus |
Tyrannidae |
pistoqué |
invertebrates,
fruits, vertebrates |
| Tyto
alba |
Tytonidae |
lechuza |
vertebrates |
| Mammals |
| Canis
latrans |
Canidae |
coyote |
omnivorous |
| Didelphis
marsupialis |
Didelphidae |
tlacuache |
omnivorous |
| Felis
yagouaroundi |
Felidae |
leoncillo |
vertebrates |
| Tamandua
mexicana |
Myrmecophagidae |
brazo fuerte |
termites,
ants,small insects |
| Procyon
lotor |
Procyonidae |
mapache |
omnivorous |
| Reptiles |
| Boa
constrictor |
Boidae |
boa |
vertebrates |
| Micrurus
sp. |
Elapidae |
coralillo |
vertebrates |
| Bothrops
asper |
Viperidae |
nauyaca |
vertebrates |
| Bassiliscus
vittatus |
Iguanidae |
toloque |
invertebrates |
| Iguana
iguana |
Iguanidae |
iguana |
invertebrates |
| Amphibians |
| Bufo
sp. |
Bufonidae |
sapo |
invertebrates |
| Dermophis
sp. |
Caecilidae |
cecilia |
earth worns ? |
* Birds: Coates y Estrada (1985); Mammals:
Aranda y March (1987); Reptiles and amphibians:
personal observation.
** Sánchez y Ortiz (1998)
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