The habitat and food habits of the grass rats (Arvicanthis niloticus) in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

摘要: ummary Live trapping, conducted to study the habitat occupance of grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus Desmarest, showed that rat was dominant in woodland, scanty open grassland, absent seasonally-flooded bottom part catena, and colonies were situated mainly under trees termitaria. Field laboratory observations rats foraged species relation proportionate abundance stands, important factor determining consumption a being distance at which it located from colony. Resume L'etude le l'occupation de l'habitat chez Desmarest par piegeage montre que la presence ce est dominante dans les zones boisees, clairsemee en savane ouverte et nulle parties saisonnierement submergees catena; l'etude aussi etaient principalement localisees sous arbres termitieres. Des sur terrain laboratoire ont se nourrissent certaines especes graminees selon leur abondance relative stations facteur principal determinant consommation d'une espece graminee etait sa rapport colonie.