Millipedes as Food for Humans: Their Nutritional and Possible Antimalarial Value—A First Report TABLE 4

 

Table 4

Summary of the current knowledge about utilization of millipedes by mammals as anointing and/or food item.

MammalsMillipedesChemicalsUseReference

Marsupialia
 Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)Leptodesmus dentellus (Chelodesmidae) 
Gymnostreptus olivaceus (Spirostreptidae)
Benzoquinones and CyanogenicsConsumption and sniffing[47]

Carnivora
 White-nosed coatis (Nasua narica)Orthoporus sp. (Spirostreptidae)BenzoquinonesConsumption after prey-rolling treatment[13]
 Meerkat-mangoose (Suricata suricatta)??Consumption after treatment[4951]
 Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)??Consumption[52]

Primates
 Capuchin monkeys (Cebus sp.)Orthoporus dorsovittatus (Spirostreptidae)BenzoquinonesSelf-anointing[19]
 Capuchin monkeys (C. olivaceus)Orthoporus dorsovittatus (Spirostreptidae)BenzoquinonesSelf-anointing[18]
 Owl monkeys (Aotus sp.)Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae)BenzoquinonesSelf-anointing[55]
 Black lemurs (Elemur macaco)Charactopygus sp. (Spirostreptidae)Benzoquinones ?Self-anointing[17]
 Lemurs (Varecia rubra and Eulemur fulvus albifrons)??Self-anointing and consumption after handling and salivating[505372]
 Humans, Bobo populationTymbodesmus falcatus and Sphenodesmus sheribongensis (Gomphodesmidae)
unknown
Spirostreptidae
Benzoquinones and Cyanogenics






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