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Table 4 Animal species reported in the literature as food among the P’uhrepecha people

From: Food sovereignty of the P’urhépecha of Michoacán, Mexico: historical review and critical perspectives from nature-culture relationships

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Name P'urhé/name Spanish

Scientific name

1

Ardillas

Sciurus spp.

2

Codornices

Cyrtonyx montezumae

3

Palomas

Columba spp.

4

K'upipu/abeja

Apis mellifera

5

Kaparhi/ abejorro o jicote

Bombus spp.

6

Jési/ larva de avispa

Vespula pensylvanica

7

Uauapu/avispa

Polybia occidentalis, Polybia parvulina

8

Karhasï/ Larva de mariposa

Eucheria socialis

9

Pescado blanco

Chirostoma estor

10

Charal blanco

Chrirostoma grandocule

11

Charal prieto

Chrirostoma attenuatum

12

Charal pinto

Chirostoma patzcuaro

13

Acúmara

Algansea lacustris

14

Chegua

Allophorus robustus

15

Choromu

Neophorus robustus

16

Tiro

Allotoca vivipara, Goodea atripinnis, Skiffia lermae

17

Lobina negra

Micropterus salmoides

18

Carpa

Cyprinus carpio

19

Carpa herbívora

Ctenopharyngodon idellus

20

Mojarra

Oreochromis aureus

21

Charamu

Allotoca dugesti

22

Tirrhu pitsipiti

Goodea luitpoldi

23

Trucha

Neophorus diazi

24

Venado

Odocoileus viginianus

25

Conejo

Sylvilagus spp.

26

Pavo

Meleagris gallopavo

27

Pato

Anas diazi

28

Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

29

Tuza

Zygogeomys trichopus

30

Tlacuache

Didelphis virginiana

  1. Argueta [23], Núñez [76], Méndez and Martínez [70], Manin et al [33], Pollard [79]