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Table 1 Summary of individual Mahali mole-rats (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali, n = 202) captured per season

From: Ectoparasitic community of the Mahali mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali: potential host for vectors of medical importance in South Africa

Season

No. of NRF (%)

No. of RF (%)

No. of NRM (%)

No. of RM (%)

Total (%)

Spring 2016

20 (9.9)

3 (1.5)

12 (5.9)

4 (2.0)

39 (19.3)

Summer 2016/2017

29 (14.4)

6 (3.0)

19 (9.4)

9 (4.5)

63 (31.2)

Autumn 2017

10 (5.0)

4 (2.0)

9 (4.5)

5 (2.5)

28 (13.9)

Winter 2017

21 (10.4)

4 (2.0)

28 (13.9)

7 (3.5)

60 (29.7)

Spring 2017

4 (2.0)

1 (0.5)

4 (2.0)

3 (1.5)

12 (5.9)

Total

84 (41.6)

18 (8.9)

72 (35.6)

28 (13.9)

202 (100)

  1. NRF non-reproductive female, RF reproductive female, NRM non-reproductive male, RM reproductive male