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- Title
Dietary Habits of the House Rat (Rattus rattus) in Urban Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- Authors
Rubab Naqvi, Syeda; Mushtaq, Muhammad; Azhar Beg, Mirza; Sajid Nadeem, Muhammad; Rashad Kayani, Amjad
- Abstract
Dietary habits of the house rat, Rattus rattus were studied in the urban areas of Rawalpindi city by analysing the stomach contents. Rats were trapped from general stores and human dwellings of various localities of the city. Reference slides of the relevant materials (grains and cereals) and the stomach contents slides were compared. The results showed that wheat was the most frequently consumed cereal. It was followed by chickpea, millet, barley, lentils (moong, masoor), maize, sorghum and peanut. There was a non-significant difference in the winter and summer diets of rats. Stomach contents of rats caught from human dwellings showed more diversity (diversity index = 3.56) than the ones' taken from the general stores (diversity index = 2.87).
- Subjects
RATTUS rattus; ANIMAL feeding behavior; GASTROINTESTINAL contents; DWELLINGS; GRAIN
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 2, p531
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article