Estudio etnozoológico de los vertebrados silvestres de la comunidad Bonifacio García, Morelos, México

Semi-structured interviews were applied to 30 key informants, through participant observation and guided tours, traces such as footprints, excreta, burrows and pelts and in vivo observation were researched for the identification of the mentioned species and the following indexes were calculated: value of diversity of use for each species (VDS) and of medicinal uses (DVM), as well as the diversity index of the treated diseases (DITD). Introduction Indigenous and agricultural societies in Argentina (Cruz & Courtalon 2017), Brazil (Soares 2013), Colombia (Londono 2009), Mexico (Monroy & García 2013; Rodas et al. 2016); Panama (Contreras & Yanguez 2017), Peru (Costa et al. 2018), Venezuela (Ferrer et al. 2010), Costa Rica (Castillo et al. 2018) and Nicaragua (Gómez et al. 2014) preserve traditional knowledge that includes biological, ecological, cultural and historical aspects about wildlife and agricultural strategies (Barrera & Toledo, 2005) that enables them to establish an appropriation of species of wild fauna (Zavala et al. 2018) in territorial, time and cultural dimensions. Bolivia (Tejada et al. 2006), Brazil (Alves & Otavio, 2015), Colombia (Cuesta et al. 2007), Costa Rica (Altrichter2000) and Mexico (Guerra et al. 2010; Retana 2006), as in general for the american continent (Ojasti1993; Pérez & Ojasti 1996; Ojasti & Dallmeier 2000), because it has different use values such as foodstuff, medicine, pets, source of raw material for craftwork, tools, ornaments, clothing and as exchange value that enables the acquisition of economic income as well as being essential in their world view (García et al. 2018; Montiel et al. 1999; Pérez et al. 1996; Retana 2006; Stearman & Redford 1995). Wildlife also constitutes an important element within the structure and dynamics of ecosystems, because it participates in processes such as energy flow, nutrient recycling, pollination and plant seed dispersal, and it has ecological, cultural and economic importance (Medrano et al. 2014; Ulloa 2012; Viejo & Ornosa 1997).