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Table 5 Most common rodent species per disturbance gradient

From: Community perceptions of health and rodent-borne diseases along the Inter-Oceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru

Disturbance category

Non-disturbed

Edge

Disturbed

 

Rodent species

N

(%)a

N

(%)a

N

(%)a

Total per species

Oligoryzomys microtis

3

(2.50)

250

(54.2)

71

(50.7)

324

Euryoryzomys nitidus

20

(16.7)

51

(11.1)

4

(2.9)

75

Necromys lenguarum

0

(0.0)

40

(8.7)

38

(27.1)

78

Total of 3 species

23

(19.2)

341

(74.0)

113

(80.7)

477

Total rodents collected

120

461

140

721

  1. a Collection period ranges from December 2013-January 2015, four trapping periods