SMALL MAMMALS ’ DIVERSITY OF SELECTED VILLAGES OF POTHWAR (PUNJAB), - A. H. Faiz; F-I-Abbas; Z. Ali S. Nadeem; M. Mushtaq L. Zahra; L. Safder Bio Resource Research Centre (BRC) Islamabad (Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2015)
Distribution of the rodents in different areas of pothwar regions was recorded from January to October, 2014 using snap traps. A total of 179 rodents viz. B. bengalensis (n = 2), M. musculus (n = 50), M. booduga (n = 10), M. ameltada (n = 3), S. smurinus (n = 10), G. ellioti (n = 2), T. indica (n = 22), R. rattus (n = 50), R. norvegicus (n = 30) were captured during 468 trap nights with (trap success: 0.38). Simpson Index was (0.2), Shannon Winner Index (2.54), and Berger- Parker Dominance Index was (0.27). Averages of 3.3 rats per farm house were recorded with Rodent Index values (0.011). available, the population of rodents goes to increase
Keywords: journal article; biodiversity; Millarda meltada; Bandicota bengalensis; Rodent index