Species composition of rodents in cultivated and reclaimed lands [electronic resource].

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Species composItIon of rodents in the Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University and EI-Ghorieb funs (25km. north east of Assiut city) revealed the presence of three species of rats in the cultivated area ( viz., the Nile grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus (Desm.), the grey bellied rat, Rattus rattus alexandrinus (Linn.) and the white bellied rat, Rattus rattus frugivorus (Linn.)). R .r. alexandrinus recorded an average dominant percentage of (24.26 % and 7.84%) in the Faculty of Agriculture and ElGhorieb Farms. However, the average dominant percentages were (14.35% and 28.30%) for R.rjrugivorus and (11.39% and 13.85%) for A. niloticus in the Faculty of Agriculture and ElGhorieb Farms, respectively. The Norway rat, Rattus non'egicus was the only rodent encountered in the River Nile Bank. Also, survey of rodents in Arab EI-Awamer and a newly reclaimed area revealed the presence of four species (A. niloticu5, R.r.alexandrinus, the house mouse, Mus musculus and lesser gerbia, Gerbillus gerbillus). The dominant percentage values were (63.27% and 18.92%), (24.49% and 67.57%), (12.24% and 0.0) and (0.0 and 13.51%) for R .r. alexandrinus , A. niloticus, M musculus and G. gerbillus in Arab ElAwamer and the newly reclaimed area, respectively.

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