Landscape characteristics influence helminth infestations in a peri-domestic rodent - implications for possible zoonotic disease

Table 1 Locality and trapping information

Locality	Geographic location	Size [km²]	Sample size of *R. pumilio*	Number of small mammal species
Natural
Jonkershoek	33° 55′ 51.00″ S, 18° 51′ 15.98″ E	98.00	40	6
Elandsberg Nat.	33° 26′ 25.15″ S, 19° 03′ 02.30″ E	40.00	32	2
Hottentotsholland	33° 59′ 16.98″ S, 19° 04′ 46.99″ E	70.00	42	4
Helderberg	34° 03′ 24.41″ S, 18° 52′ 03.04″ E	2.54	34	4
Crop
Zevenwacht	33° 55′ 02.96″ S, 18° 43′ 56.06″ E	1.10	43	6
Elandsberg Agr.	33° 26′ 25.15″ S, 19° 03′ 02.30″ E	0.63	26	3
De Rust	34° 10′ 27.98″ S, 19° 04′ 46.99″ E	0.90	50	3
Cordoba	34° 02′ 03.41″ S, 18° 43′ 56.06″ E	0.31	53	4
Livestock
Elsenberg	33° 50′ 04.45″ S, 18° 51′ 02.16″ E	0.67	30	2
Wellington	33° 31′ 44.40″ S, 19° 02′ 27.49″ E	0.46	26	3
Gordons Bay	34° 08′ 48.55″ S, 18° 53′ 16.29″ E	0.13	30	1
Franschoek L.	33° 51′ 11.48″ S, 18° 58′ 20.60″ E	0.38	20	1
Urban
Stellenbosch	33° 55′ 57.39″ S, 18° 52′ 39.79″ E	0.20	30	3
Somerset West	34° 03′ 37.36″ S, 18° 49′ 42.49″ E	0.10	24	2
Franschoek U.	33° 54′ 34.77″ S, 19° 07′ 33.16″ E	0.03	20	1
Khayelitsha	34° 02′ 49.52″ S, 18° 39′ 25.95″ E	0.10	18	2

Localities per landscape type, their coordinates, sizes and the number of sampled animals per locality.

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