BULLETIN FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM VOL 34(6)


TABLE 7. Relative abundance of rodents and insectivores on the university campus, Morogoro,
Tanzania, from 29 July 1981-20 February 1985.


Species # Trapped % Total catch


Praomys natalensis 8059 86.6
Crocidura hirta 811 8.7
Lemniscomys griselda 249 2.7
Tatera 'robusta" 84 0.9
Mus minutoides 63 0.7
Dasymys incomtus 21 0.2
Acomys spinosissima 7 < 0.1
Crocidura sp. indet. 6 < 0.1
Rattis rattus 4 < 0.1
Pelomys fallax 2 < 0.1






TABLE 8. Seasonal variation in average relative abundance of rodents and insectivores in
cultivated vs. uncultivated habitats.


 Mean % of total catch


 Jul-Dec 81-84 Jan-Apr 82-85 May-Jul 82-84


Species Maize Grass Maize Grass Maize Grass


P. natalensis 94.4 66.6 83.0 65.2 64.8 62.2
 range 92-97 23-93 80-87 56-72 56-75 50-79
L. griselda 1.4 18.4 1.8 8.8 5.4 9.4
 range 1-3 1-57 0-4 2-19 0-8 2-24
T. 'robusta" 0.4 3.1 0.8 4.3 4.0 2.0
 range 0-1 0-9 0-2 0-14 1-8 0-6
M. minutoides 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.5
 range 0-4 0-3 0-12 0-3 0-3 0-1
C. hirta 3.5 13.4 13.5 19.2 23.8 24.6
 range 2-4 4-31 10-18 5-30 9-29 12-45
D. incomtus 0.03 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.4 1.0
A. spinosissima 1.0 -
R. rattus 0.02 -
P. fallax 0.4
Crocidura sp. 0.04 0.08 -- 0.3