Small mammals inhabiting village households and farm houses of central Punjab (Pakistan)
1998
Mushtaq-ul-Hassan, M. | Beg, M.A. | Khan, A.A. | Mahmood-ul-Hassan, M. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Zoology)
Four species of small mammals, namely house rat (Rattus), House mouse (Mus musculus), Indian gerbil (Tatera indica), and house shrew (Suncus murinus) were recorded from 87 village households of 12 villages and 26 farm houses. In the household communities, R. rattus (74%) and M. musculus (18%) were the proportionally dominant species which were followed by S. murinus (7%) and T. indica (1%). In the farm houses, R. rattus (63%) and T. indica (22%) were the dominant species which were followed by S. murinus (8%) and M. musculus (7%). In the combined data the proportions of R. rattus, T. indica and S. murinus were 71%, 15%, 7% and 7%, respectively.
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