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Table 3 The distribution of rodents in different habitat types

From: Rodents of Bahir Dar Blue Nile River Millennium Park, Ethiopia

Species

habitat types

Total catch (%)

Forest

Bushland

Grassland

Plantation

A. niloticus

-

35

18

-

42.4% (n = 53)

R. rattus

-

 

-20

13

26.4% (n = 33)

M. musculus

3

19

-

-

17.6% (n = 22)

M. natalensis

-

10

-

-

8% (n = 10)

A. abyssinicus

2

-

-

5

5.6% (n = 7)

Total (%)

4% (n = 5)

51.2% (n = 64)

30.4% (n = 38)

14.4%

(n = 18)

100%

(n = 125)