Ethnoecology, Resource Use, Conservation And Development In A ...

(Parinari excelsa) fruits were the only item mentioned more than once, and another
interviewee named other species of Inga. One interviewee added bamboo shoots to
wamooko fruits, and the fourth suggested young leaves and insects. Only two
informants considered that seed dispersal takes place: all agreed that seeds are
dropped at the site of consumption rather than eaten, but two suggested that fruits
may on occasion be carried some distance from the parent tree prior to consumption,
one specifying that wamooko is the only seed thus dispersed. Two interviewees
indicated that the location of fruit trees (and in one case, sleeping trees) is
remembered by the monkeys; one of these said they visit trees to check the ripening
of fruit.
As with Cebus apella, an overlapping range of group sizes was given: 4-6, 6, 6-8,
8-10 and 10-12. The lack of a consensus suggests that answers might reflect
differing experiences of this fairly rare species, and thus implies group sizes ranging
from 4-12 individuals. Three interviewees distinguished two kinds of oao at this
stage, one being a big one which was said to form groups of one or two on occasion.
One interviewee suggested that mixed groups were sometimes formed with powatu
(Cebus apella) and chaumaa (Saimiri sciureus). Four interviewees talked about group
dynamics. One stated that individuals remain with the natal group for life, while three
noted incidences of intergroup transfer, of males according to two, of the bigger kind
to the other. The three interviewees who mentioned litter size agreed that a single
young is born. One of these considered there not to be any breeding season, but the
others gave fairly close answers: one said April, the other said mating in March
followed by birth in May.
Although only one interviewee mentioned a diurnal activity pattern, he along with
two others mentioned that they rest in the spathes of kokerite trees. Of those
interviewees mentioning ranging behaviour, two said they had no fixed home range
while those two who contradicted this gave somewhat different details: an exclusive
range of three miles versus a shared range of one mile.
Four interviewees mentioned predators, in three cases the harpy eagle, in
another the smaller powis eagle.
6.3.11 White-faced or Guianan saki, ‘hoori’.
All seven interviewees agreed that fruits are eaten, while two additionally mentioned
leaves and flowers, and one other added insects. Those four who specified foods of
major importance all said the fruits of pokoridi (Attalea regia), while two of these
also added the fruits of koram (various species of Inga). Three interviewees said