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An overview of nematodes infecting urban and wild rats (Muridae) in Malaysia
2012
Abdul Aziz | Amal Nasir M. | Santhana Raj L. | Latifa I. | Mohd Zain S. N. | Hassan L. | Jeffery J. | Selvanesan S. | Sani R. A. | Paramasvaran S. | Vellayan S. | Krishnasamy M.
Rodents particularly those belonging to the Muridae family in Malaysia have been well studied because of their medical and economic importance. Much of the work on rodents has been focusing on the identification of endo and ecto parasites. Parasites in rats (Murids) particularly helminthes belonging to the Nematoda family have been described by many workers for more than a century. This
paper is an attempt to compile 50 papers on rodent nematodes that has been published in various scientific journals over the last
100 years in Malaysia. It is hoped that this literature overview on rodent nematodes will come useful as a reference material for the budding parasitologist and biology scientist.
Show more [+] Less [-]Distribution and morphological measurements of wild and urban rodents from four habitats in the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2013
Paramasvaran S. | Mohd Zain S. N. | John Jeffery | Selvanesan S. | Hassan L. | Sani R. A. | Krishnasamy | Santhana R. L. | Latifah I. | Rahmat M. S. | Amal N. M.
A total of 204 rodents comprising of 14 species were identified from four different habitats namely urban, forest, paddy field and coastal. The Gombak forest reserve habitat was found to be ideal
for the survival of 11 different rodent species. Maxomys rajah, Leopoldamys sabanus and Sundamys muelleri were the predominant rodent species distributed in the Gombak forest. Rattus ratus diardii was found mainly in the urban, paddy field and coastal habitat (67.1%). Morphological measurements of the rodents trapped from the four habitats did not show any major changes.
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