Studies on commensal rodents in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.
A trapping survey in Riyadh revealed that the abundant commensal rodent species were Rattus rattus frugivorous (43%), R.r. alexandrinus (18%), R.r. rattus (14%), R.r. flaviventris (12%), Rattus norvegicus (9%), Mus musculus praetetus (3%) and Mus m. gentilulus (1%). R.r. frugivorous was the predominant species in all the nine selected areas. The male: female ratio was 0.4: 0.6 for both R. norvegicus and R. rattus. In both R. norvegicus and R. rattus, the mature rats outnumbered the immature ones.
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae; D051381:Rats; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014504:Urban Health