On Characteristics of the Brown Rat, Rattus norvegicus Berk. (1769), in the Meadow Steppes of the Elbrus Variant in the Central Caucasus

摘要

The blood system parameters (erythropoiesis in bone marrow, peripheral blood) of brown rat have been studied for the first time in the foothills of the Central Caucasus. Several species-specific features of these parameters have been revealed that distinguishing the brown rat from other representatives of the family Muridae.