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Article History

Received: 3 March 2025

Accepted: 23 October 2025

First Online: 21 November 2025

Declarations

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: The project “Petits mammifères de Bamako: inventaire, déterminants de la distribution, parasites hébergés” , in which this study is part was approved by the ethics committee of the National Institute of Public Health of Mali (decision n°18/2021/CE-INSP). It also received prior informed consent, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya protocol signed by Mali, from the National Director of Water and Forests of Mali (letter 0976/MEADD-DNEF of November 25, 2021). As part of the requirements of the ethics committee, all heads of families (or their representatives) where trapping was carried out were informed of the project and signed an agreement consenting to participate. The town halls of each of the six communes of Bamako, through the mayor or one of his deputies, have also approved the project, and informed the heads of the districts concerned by the trapping operations. The latter disseminated information on the upcoming trapping campaign via different means (mosque, WhatsApp group, town crier, etc.). He also selected a local citizen responsible for accompanying and guiding the sampling team in the quarter during the trapping campaigns. Every protocol used here received prior explicit approval from the relevant institutional committee (Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP): Agrément pour l’utilisation d’animaux à des fins scientifiques E34-169–001) . All animal-related procedures were performed according to official ethical guidelines provided by the American Society of Mammalogists (Sikes and Gannon ). Euthanasia of less than 200 g specimens was performed via cervical dislocation, with previous parenteral injection of a derivative of pentobarbital in larger individuals ( Cricetomys gambianus especially), as recommended by AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association ).

: The authors have no conflict of interest of any kind to declare