Table 2.

Demographic summary of the captured Rattus norvegicus in four communities, means with S.D. giver in parenthesis. Females have two values for weight due to the presence of pregnant females. Values in bold font have been corrected to account to pregnant individuals

		Body Mass (g)	Body Lenght (mm)	SMI	Wounds		Presence of Capillaria hepatica scars in liver
					present	absent
Male	adult (N = 46)	274.83 ± 86.53 [105–460]	211.65 ± 19.51 [163–250]	275.42 ± 38.6 [195.23–370.46]	41	5	30
	sub-adult (N = 6)	90.42 ± 59.9 [30–195]	142.17 ± 26.51 [105–179]	279.22 ± 52.7 [183.67–338.12]	3	3	1
Female	adult (N = 39)	302.63 ± 63.06 (261.4 ± 93.28) [145–400] [30–460]	221.46 ± 18.48 [173–273]	276.49 ± 41.87 [164.69–380.58]	39	0	32
	sub-adult (N = 24)	213 ± 79.46 [85–350]	198.67 ± 27.42 [150–237]	257.62 ± 42.35 [196.86–349.99]	20	4	15
Total	adult (N = 85)	291.44 ± 82.33 [105–460]	216.15 ± 19.56 [163–273]	271.78 ± 40.09 [164.69–380.58]	80	5	62
	sub-adult (N = 30)	188.48 ± 90.07 [30–350]	187.37 ± 35.29 [105–237]	261.94 ± 44.48 [183.67–349.99]	23	7	16