POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF Rattus rattus AND Mus musculus PRESENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN YUCATÁN, MÉXICO

• Main Authors: Jesús Alonso Panti, Yessica Gurubel-González, Emir Palomo-Arjona, Rosy Cetina-Trejo, Carlos Machaín-Williams, María Robles, Silvia Hernández-Betancourt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2018
• Subjects: áreas rurales; ecología; mus musculus; rattus rattus; tropical; Agriculture; S; Agriculture (General); S1-972; Paraíso; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/89df83a129414aeea8f74460ec98c119

The aim of this study was to describe the abundance, weight and body length structures, and reproductive and health status of the black rat Rattus rattus and the house mouse Mus musculus from Yucatán, México. Rodents were trapped from May to September 2016 in rural households in the communities Xkal...