Abstract:To provide information on population dynamics and community succession of disease vectors (including Insectivora and Rodentia) after the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan China, we conducted regular surveys of small mammals. Small mammals in farmland and residential areas were collected with snap-traps every month in Dujiangyan, Pengzhou, Shifang, Mianzhu, Beichuan and Wenchuan, areas near the earthquake epicenter and that sustained serious damage. From 15933 traps, we collected 1171 small mammals in farmland for 13 months after June 2008. The animals trapped belonged two categories: Rodentia (the trap success was 1.49%) and Soricidae of Insectivora (the trap success was 5.86%). Anourosorex squamipes was the dominant species in Dujiangyan, Pengzhou, Shifang and Mianzhu. Apedomus agrarius was the dominant species in Beichuan and Wenchuan. Rattus norvegicus, Rattus nitidus, Rattus tanezumi, Mus musculus, Micromys minutes, Niviventer fulvescens and Suncus murinus were also trapped. From 1696 traps set in residential areas, we trapped 212 animals. (the trap success was 12.50%). A. squamipes was also the dominant species (the trap success was 10.02%), followed by R. tanezumi, M. musculus, R. norvegicus and R. nitidus. Because of intense application of rodenticide after the earthquake, the densities of Rodentia both in farmland and in residential areas were low. However, the densities of Soricidae were still high. Moreover, the numbers of pregnant females of two dominant species (A. squamipes and A. agrarius) were high, especially A.squamipes. According to these and other surveys, which show short-term effects of the earthquake and of intensive application of anticoagulant on rodent populations, surveys will likely need to be carried out for more than three years in the earthquake area.