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.
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Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae; D051381:Rats; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014504:Urban Health