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Proceedings of the Theriological School

ISSN 2312–2749 (print) • ISSN 2074-2274 (online)

2012 • Vol. 11 • Contents of volume >>>


download pdf Taranenko, L. The Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) as a synanthropic rodent species in western Africa. Proceedings of the Theriological School. 2012. Vol. 11: 143–144.


 

title

The Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) as a synanthropic rodent species in western Africa

author(s)

Taranenko, L.

affiliation

Faculty of Biology, Donetsk National University (Donetsk, Ukraine)

bibliography

Proceedings of the Theriological School. 11 (2012): 143–144

DOI

http://doi.org/10.15407/ptt2012.11.143

   

language

Russian, with English extended summary; English titles of tables, captures to figs, and references

abstract

We present the general description of features of the species’ biology under conditions of synanthropic localities in Guinea. The Gambian pouched rat is one of the four synanthropic rodent species common in Guinea, all of them belong to the family Muridae. However, this species is the least synanthropic among the others, because it occurs not in buildings but around manors. The possible reasons for synanthropization are considered, including the presence in synanthropic localities of a large feeding source and of low predatory pressure.

keywords

Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus, synanthropy, western Africa.

   

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