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A Report of Asian Long Tailed Tree Mouse Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennett 1932) In Agroecosystem of Surban Village, Gondia, Maharashtra

Author: Gopal Paliwal, Sudhir Bhandarkar ,Sandeep Bande

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Abstract

The small mammal found nearly all ecosystems, plays an important role in the environment which fills an important ecological niche. As a primary consumer in food chain they have impact on plant sources, also they become a food source for predators.The diversity of rodents and their distribution always be different habitats and depend on the different environmental factors. From the several reports it is seen that the rodent’s abundance found to be high in modified habitat. The present report is based on the sighting of rodents in agro ecosystem of Surban village in Gondia district of Maharashtra in December 2021. The observation on the occurrence of Asian long tailed tree mouse, Vandeleuria oleracea reveals that the species prefer a specific habitat and spent its life span using complex environmental measures that define a particular habitat.

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Vandeleuria, Rodentia, Agroecosystem, Gondia, Maharashtra.

Conclusion

The authors would like to express their thanks to the member of AWF for survey. Authors are also thankful to workers in the field for their valuable support for assisting in the careful sighting and observation during the study.

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A Report of Asian Long Tailed Tree Mouse Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennett 1932) In Agroecosystem of Surban Village, Gondia, Maharashtra