SPECIES COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE OF SMALL MAMMALS OF THE NATURAL PARK "ERGAKI"
The material was collected in natural Park "Ergaki". We used standard methods of trapping small mammals. Collection of material was conducted in June-July 2016. The purpose of this work was to identify differences in species composition and abundance of small mammals depending on the degree of anthropogenic loading. The task is to identify the species diversity and relative abundance of small mammals. Identified ten species of small mammals of four families Soricidae, Sciuridae, Muridae, Cricetidae. Species diversity is greater where human pressure is less. The relative abundance of small mammals are essentially the same and is 32 to 37 individuals per 100 traps / day, which corresponds to the peak number.