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Identification of Rats and Shrew in Argasoka and Kutabanjar Village Banjarnegara Sub District Banjarnegara District 2014

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Rat is an animal that have important role to human being, even its profitable or adverse. This species have their own habitat to each depression. The community settlement is one of rat habitat to get food.

The research purpose is to measure the trapsuccess of rat and to identify rat species in Argasoka and Kutabanjar Village, Banjarnegara. The research used survey method with cross sectional approach. Population were rats those lived in Argasoka and Kutabanjar Village. The sample were rats those caught using single live traps in Argasoka and Kutabanjar Village, Banjarnegara. Rat trapping was conducted for 2 nights using 100 single live traps with the roasted coconut and salted fish. Technical analysis is used descriptively and presented in narrative form and frequency distribution tables.

The result showed that the trapped among others 25 rats (76%) Rattus tanezumi, 1 rat (3,03%) R. tiomanicus, and 7 rats (21,21%) S. murinus. As much (54,54 %), were male higher than female rat as much as (45,45 %). Trap success of 8,25 % dominated by R. Tanezumi were found inside the home (75,76 %), while R. tiomanicus caught in the garden around village (3,03 %), and S. murinus caught inside and outside home (21,21 %).

Key words: rats, trap success, identification

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Balaba, 10 (1) : 27-30

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Banjarnegara : Loka Litbang P2B2 Banjarnegara., 2014

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4p

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1858-0882

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rats

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