此外并未发现辐射水平和哺乳动物密度之间有任何联系；污染最严重地区的哺乳动物数量和污染最轻的地方相差不多。
Nor do the population data show any link between radiation levels and mammal densities; the number of mammals in the most contaminated parts of the zone is similar to that in the least contaminated parts.