Table 1.
Species name (Common name) | Total number of rodent individuals captured (number of sera collected for ELISA test) | |||||||||
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Residential areasa | Forested areasb | Total | ||||||||
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KK | SE | US | BH | SJ | SNP | SWC | SF | MP | ||
Sciuridae | ||||||||||
Callosciurus notatus (Plantain squirrel) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(5) | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(6) |
Callosciurus prevostii (Prevost’s squirrel) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) |
Dremomys everetti (Bomean mountain ground squirrel) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 3(0) | 4(0) |
Sundasciurus lowii (Low’s squirrel) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1(1) |
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Muridae | ||||||||||
Leopoldamys sabanus (Long-tailed giant rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 6(1) |
Maxomys baeodon (Small spiny rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) |
Maxomys ochraceiventer (Chestnut-bellied spiny rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) |
Maxomys surifer (Red spiny rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(0) | 2(0) |
Maxomys whiteheadi (Whitehead’s rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1(0) | 1(0) | 6(2) |
Niviventer cremoriventer (Dark-tailed tree rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(0) | 3(0) |
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Niviventer rapit (Long-tailed mountain rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Rattus exulans (Polynesian rat) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 1(1) | 3(2) |
Rattus rattus (House rat) | 5(3) | 18(8) | 2(2) | 10(8) | 10(4) | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 49(28) |
Rattus tiomanicus (Malaysian field rat) | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) |
Sundamys muelleri (Muller’s rat) | 0 | 2(2) | 2(1) | 1(1) | 8(1) | 1(1) | 0 | 4(4) | 0 | 18(10) |
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Total | 5(3) | 20(10) | 8(6) | 11(9) | 27(10) | 4(2) | 5(2) | 11(8) | 18(3) | 109(53) |
Notes:
Four residential areas in Sarawak (KK, Krusen Kranji Village, Serian; SE, Sebayor Village, Kota Samarahan; US, Serian Ulu Village, Betong; and BH, Bako Hulu Village, Kuching).
Five forested areas in Sarawak (SJ. Sama Jaya Nature Reserve; SNP, Santubong National Park; SWC, Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary; SF, Samarahan forest; and MP, Mount Penrissen).