Jogen Ch Kalita

Rodent Fauna of Jorhat District of Assam, India: a Case Study of Rodent Diversity Jogen Ch Kalita

Rodent fauna of Jorhat district of Assam, India is a scholarly publication that discusses the species composition, habit and habitat of rodent species of Jorhat district till 2004. Based on the morphometric and skull measurements, altogether eight species, seven under Muridae and one under Sciuridae were identified. The species under family Muridae were Bandicota bengalensis bengalensis (Gray), Bandicota indica indica (Bechstein), Mus musculus castaneus Waterhouse, Mus booduga (Gray), Rattus sikkimensis Hinton, Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) and Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout). The only squirrel species under family Sciuridae collected in Jorhat district was identified as Dremomys lokriah macmillani Thomas. This book will be helpful for the people working in the field of rodents, their habit and habitat studies.