1. Department of Wildlife Management, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania; e-mail: kiros.welegerima@mu.edu.et, nmbije@gmail.com
2. Department of Biology, College of Natural & Computational Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia; e-mail: hilinatsegazeabe@yahoo.co.uk, brhaneg7@gmail.com, dawit.kidane@mu.edu.et
3. The African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development, Morogoro, Tanzania; e-mail: apiamas@yahoo.com, rmakundi@yahoo.com