Table 6 Population density estimate of rodents in different habitats
From: Rodents of Bahir Dar Blue Nile River Millennium Park, Ethiopia
Species | Habitat types | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seasons | Forest | Bushland | Grassland | Plantation | ||
A. niloticus | dry | - | 30 | 17 | - | 47 |
wet | - | 16 | 7 | - | 23 | |
R. rattus | dry | - | - | 18 | 13 | 31 |
wet | - | - | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
M. musculus | dry | 4 | 17 | - | - | 21 |
wet | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
M. natalensis | dry | - | 9 | - | - | 9 |
wet | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
A. abyssinicus | dry | 3 | - | - | 6 | 9 |
wet | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 7 | 84 | 50 | 25 | 166 | |