黄胸鼠栖息于住宅区,在作物成熟或接近成熟期,夜晚出洞危害近住宅的农作物。近几年农房面积迅速扩大,危害面积也随之扩大。1986年晚稻因黄胸鼠危害,失收面积达2940亩。该鼠常成群下田危害,有时多达数10只,所到之处作物1株不留, Rattus flavipectus inhabit residential areas, where the crops mature or near maturity, and at night holes go into jeopardy of near-farm crops. In recent years, the area of ​​farmhouses has rapidly expanded, and the harm area has also expanded. Late rice in 1986 because of yellow rat harm, loss of area of ​​2940 acres. The mice often flocked to harm the field, and sometimes as many as 10, where the crop did not stay there,