author(s)
Anju, Ravikant, Neetu and Ajay

abstract
The species composition of murid was studied in vegetables fields of bottlegourd and bittergourd during sowing and harvesting seasons in CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The present study advocates that three species of murids Rattus rattus (rat), Mus musculus (mice) and Tatera indica (gerbils) were found. The population of R. rattus was recorded maximum and and T. indica found least during sowing and harvesting season of bittergourd. The R. rattus was predominant species over T. indica. Murid prevalence during the sowing season in bottlegourd showed dominant population of R. rattus (3.67) as compared to M. musculus (2.00) and T. indica (1.44) while at the time of harvesting season population of R. rattus (5.22) was preponderant among all murids species.