Comparative analysis of the gut microbiota of wild adult rats from nine district areas in Hainan, China

Table 1 Location, species, number, season, and habitat of trapped rats

Site	Rat species	Number of midgut samples	Sampling season	Trap sites
YGL	LE	32	2018.11	Mountains
HJJL	LE	25	2018.11	Mountains
DZ	RN	12	2017.12	Farmland
DF	RN	12	2018.01	Farmland
HK	RN	13	2017.12	Residential areas
JFL	LE	13	2018.06	Mountains
BS	RN	12	2018.01	Farmland
SY	RN	23	2018.05	Farmland
LG	RL	20	2018.11	Mountains

YGL: Yinggeling; HJJL: Huangjingjiaoling; DZ: Danzhou; DF: Dongfang; HK: Haikou; JFL: Jianfengling; BS: Baisha; SY: Sanya; LG: Lingao; LE: Leopoldamys edwardsi; RN: Rattus norvegicus; RL: Rattus losea.

Table 2 Richness and diversity (mean ± SD) of the rat intestinal content bacterial community

Group	Observed_species	Chao1	Ace	Shannon	Simpson
YGL-LE	662.16 ± 185.6	853.76 ± 201.05	862.86 ± 191.94	6.30 ± 1.19	0.95 ± 0.05
HJJL-LE	654.16 ± 207.22	827.96 ± 227.51	835.31 ± 217.91	5.83 ± 1.88	0.88 ± 0.15
DZ-RN	213.42 ± 128.99	340.60 ± 168.92	348.04 ± 161.47	3.70 ± 1.14	0.82 ± 0.10
DF-RN	369.50 ± 177.23	490.55 ± 186.68	511.53 ± 179.36	4.59 ± 1.39	0.87 ± 0.12
HK-RN	346.85 ± 188.71	492.23 ± 226.98	511.22 ± 234.13	4.19 ± 1.59	0.80 ± 0.21
JFL-LE	533.77 ± 209.11	696.02 ± 238.19	700.85 ± 227.48	5.25 ± 1.17	0.89 ± 0.07
BS-RN	424.17 ± 126.51	550.92 ± 164.77	574.32 ± 159.53	5.04 ± 1.07	0.89 ± 0.09
SY-RN	342.91 ± 129.91	458.86 ± 162.56	466.06 ± 153.41	5.12 ± 1.01	0.92 ± 0.06
LG-RL	532.85 ± 221.85	715.35 ± 259.97	747.67 ± 259.51	5.30 ± 1.31	0.90 ± 0.09

YGL: Yinggeling; HJJL: Huangjingjiaoling; DZ: Danzhou; DF: Dongfang; HK: Haikou; JFL: Jianfengling; BS: Baisha; SY: Sanya; LG: Lingao; LE: Leopoldamys edwardsi; RN: Rattus norvegicus; RL: Rattus losea.